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Guacamole With Roasted Garlic Recipe

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J. Kenji López-Alt
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Guacamole With Roasted Garlic Recipe

Any recipe with a whole head of garlic in it is sure to separate out the fearful from the fearless. Serve this and you'll find out who has both the guts and the glory.

  • Yield:serves 8 as an appetizer
  • Active time: 15 minutes
  • Total time:1 hour

Ingredients

Directions

  1. 1.

    Preheat oven to 350°F. Cut top of head off of garlic to expose tops of cloves. Rub all over with olive oil and place on a foil-lined rimmed baking sheet. Roast until garlic is completely soft and well browned, about 45 minutes.

  2. 2.

    Squeeze cloves out of head and mash into a paste with the back of a fork. Fold into guacamole and serve immediately with warm tortilla chips.

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J. Kenji López-Alt Chief Culinary Advisor

J. Kenji López-Alt is a stay-at-home dad who moonlights as the Chief Culinary Consultant of Serious Eats and the Chef/Partner of Wursthall, a German-inspired California beer hall near his home in San Mateo. His first book, The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science (based on his Serious Eats column of the same name) is a New York Times best-seller, recipient of a James Beard Award, and was named Cookbook of the Year in 2015 by the International Association of Culinary Professionals. Kenji's next project is a children’s book called Every Night is Pizza Night, to be released in 2020, followed by another big cookbook in 2021.

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