Baked young garlic

Name: Baked young garlic
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 5 Stem(s) Thyme; 5 Tubers young garlic; 10 TABLESPOONS Olive oil; 12 discs Baguette bread; 2 TEASPOONS Sea salt; 7-10 Tbsp Kitchen paper

AUTHOR
Bill Macdonald

DIFFICULTY
very easy

RATING

COOK TIME
55 mins

TOTAL TIME
55 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4

5 Stem(s) Thyme
5 Tubers young garlic
10 TABLESPOONS Olive oil
12 discs Baguette bread
2 TEASPOONS Sea salt
7-10 Tbsp Kitchen paper

Directions

1
Wash the thyme and shake dry. Cut off garlic stalks about 2 cm above the tuber. Cut the outer skins 4 times vertically. Fold the skins outwards so that the cloves can be seen.
2
Place garlic tubers close together with thyme stems in an ovenproof dish (approx. 14 x 20 cm). Drizzle with 8 tbsp. olive oil. Bake in a preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ convection oven: 175 °C/ gas: see manufacturer) for approx. 45 minutes until the garlic cloves are soft
3
In the meantime, heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a large frying pan. Fry 6 baguette slices over medium heat from both sides until golden brown. Drain on kitchen paper. Roast the remaining slices in 1 tbsp.
4
oil in the same way. Sprinkle with sea salt. Arrange garlic in the dish with toasted baguette bread. Put garlic cloves on the baguette slices and crush them