Mike's Creamy Roasted Garlic Spread. This velvety smooth, decadent roasted garlic spread is creamy, caramel-ly, and vegan, and tastes delicious slathered on everything! When you roast garlic inside of its thin, papery skin, it turns butter soft, beautiful brown, and sinfully creamy, and it gets this caramelly, roasty, incredibly rich flavor that. Mike studied South American flavors and found a pepper that leveled-up his hometown fave - wildflower honey.
Roasting the garlic brings out its nutty and sweet flavor and cuts down on the sharpness.
Spread thinly on bread before toasting in the oven or serve in a bowl for guests to apply to their own bread.
Mash garlic, mayonnaise, Parmesan cheese, black pepper, and salt together with a fork until spread has a uniform, paste-like consistency.
You can have Mike's Creamy Roasted Garlic Spread using 23 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Mike's Creamy Roasted Garlic Spread
- It's of ● For The Roasted Garlic Spread.
- You need 1 (15 oz) of Jar Bertoli Garlic Alfredo Or Regular Ragu Alfredo [any other brands may lend a metallic taste to your spread].
- It's 2 of large 3" Elephant Garlic Bulbs [equals 1 cup roasted garlic].
- It's 2 cup of Mozzarella Cheese [room temp].
- Prepare 1 (8 oz) of Philadelphia Cream Cheese [room temp].
- Prepare 1/2 cup of Parmesan Cheese.
- You need 1/2 cup of Sun Dried Tomatoes [chopped].
- It's 1 can of Artichokes [in water - drained - rough chopped].
- It's 1 packages (10 oz) of Frozen Spinach [fully drained & squeezed - rough chopped].
- Prepare 1/4 cup of Chives [chopped].
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of White Pepper.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of Fresh Parsley Or 1 tsp Dried Parsley.
- You need 1 pinch of Each: Sea Salt - Rosemary - Thyme [for garlic bulbs].
- It's 1 Bottle of Extra Virgin Olive Oil [for garlic bulbs].
- You need 1 box of Tinfoil [for garlic bulbs].
- Prepare 1 of large Piece Cheesecloth [to drain spinach].
- It's 1 box of Tinfoil.
- Prepare of ● For The Serving Options.
- Prepare 1 loaf of French Bread Or Baguette Bread.
- You need 1 loaf of Flat Crispy Bread.
- You need 1 box of Roasted Garlic Triskets.
- You need 1 box of Sun Dried Triskets.
- You need 1 box of Pita Chips.
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Mike's Creamy Roasted Garlic Spread instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°..
- Pull out all cheeses to bring them to room temperature..
- Fully drain your Artichokes, dethaw your Spinach and completely drain as well. Use cheese cloth to squeeze all fluid from Spinach..
- Take off as much of the white garlic husk as you can without having the bulbs fall apart..
- 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..
- Add about 1/4 cup Olive Oil to each garlic bulb inside the tinfoil. Don't overfill..
- Add a pinch of Sea Salt, Rosemary and Thyme to the tops of your oil coated garlic bulb..
- Wrap bulb up tightly in tinfoil and double wrap garlic bulb with tinfoil..
- Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until soft..
- 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..
- Add all cheeses, Alfredo and garlic together and mix well..
- Add in all other ingredients leaving the Artichokes for last..
- Place in oven safe bowl at 350° and bake 35 minutes or until bubbling..
- 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..
- 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..
- 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..
- Other excellent options for breads are Roasted Garlic Triskets, Sun Dried Triskets and Pita Chips..
Pour a tiny bit of sunflower oil in both pans (you can use a silicon brush to spread it). Use a scoop or a ladle to pour the batter in the middle of the pan. Acting quickly, tilt the pan from side to side while pouring, forming a circle with the batter. Make This Roasted Garlic Dressing at Home. Are you like me and will have an expired bottle of salad dressing sitting in the fridge for an extended period of time?
