Roast Garlic in Preparation for Roast Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Roast Garlic.

This is half a bunch of garlic, several cloves.  Leave the outside husky paper on to protect it.  1 1/2 T of olive oil poured over.  Toss with fingers or a fork.  Into a 375 oven for 10 minutes.

It's done when the tines of a fork make a mash. 

The dry outside husk is easy to remove once it is cool enough to handle.

  Before I go to bed, I'll clean up this and refrigerate the roast garlic mash for tomorrow. 

Here is what the outside husk looks like once pealed off.

And here is the good stuff.  Fragrant like cooked garlic and smooth like soft butter.

Remember that everything will be okay.