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Mike's Creamy Roasted Garlic Spread

Name: How to cook Mike's Creamy Roasted Garlic Spread - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

MMOBRIEN

Mike's Creamy Roasted Garlic Spread

Diehard garlic fans like myself use the Garlic Bertoli Alfredo, Garlic Infused Olive Oil instead of regular oil and 1 additional teaspoon Granulated Garlic.

Ingredient

Food ration :

6 servings

Cooking time :

30 mins

1 (15 oz)

Jar Bertoli Garlic Alfredo Or Regular Ragu Alfredo [any other brands may lend a metallic taste to your spread]

large 3" Elephant Garlic Bulbs [equals 1 cup roasted garlic]

2 cup

Philadelphia Cream Cheese [room temp]

1/2 cup

Artichokes [in water - drained - rough chopped]

1 packages (10 oz)

Frozen Spinach [fully drained & squeezed - rough chopped]

1/4 cup

Fresh Parsley Or 1 tsp Dried Parsley

1 pinch

Each: Sea Salt - Rosemary - Thyme [for garlic bulbs]

1 Bottle

Extra Virgin Olive Oil [for garlic bulbs]

1 box

large Piece Cheesecloth [to drain spinach]

1 box

French Bread Or Baguette Bread

1 loaf

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Preheat oven to 425°.

* Step 2

Pull out all cheeses to bring them to room temperature.

* Step 3

Fully drain your Artichokes, dethaw your Spinach and completely drain as well. Use cheese cloth to squeeze all fluid from Spinach.

* Step 4

Take off as much of the white garlic husk as you can without having the bulbs fall apart.

* Step 5

Do not cut any portion of the garlic bulbs. Leave them completely in tact. Place on tinfoil and gently pull up the sides to create a tinfoil bowl.

* Step 6

Add about 1/4 cup Olive Oil to each garlic bulb inside the tinfoil. Don't overfill.

* Step 7

Add a pinch of Sea Salt, Rosemary and Thyme to the tops of your oil coated garlic bulb.

* Step 8

Wrap bulb up tightly in tinfoil and double wrap garlic bulb with tinfoil.

* Step 9

Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until soft.

* Step 10

Once cooled, pull your garlic meat from its outer husks. Mash with a fork or potato masher and discard any skins that don't mash completely. Reserve Olive Oil for bread later on.

* Step 11

Add all cheeses, Alfredo and garlic together and mix well.

* Step 12

Add in all other ingredients leaving the Artichokes for last.

* Step 13

Place in oven safe bowl at 350° and bake 35 minutes or until bubbling.

* Step 14

If serving on French Bread or Baguette Bread: Slice bread in 1" slices. Brush leftover Olive Oil from garlic bulbs on bread. Place on cookie sheet and put in oven for 15 minutes at 350° or until crispy. Slice each piece in half and plate with garlic spread.

* Step 15

If you don't have enough Garlic Infused Olive Oil from your bulbs to brush on your bread, add additional, regular Olive Oil, 1 tsp Garlic Powder and some Dried Parsley to your bowl and mix. * Pictured directly below is the creamier version of Roasted Garlic Spread made with Alfredo Sauce.

* Step 16

Authors Note: For a fluffier Roasted Garlic Spread, you can omit the Alfredo Sauce and substitute it for 2/3 cup Sour Cream and one more 8 oz brick Philadelphia Cream Cheese.