Roasted Garlic Salt

Name: Roasted Garlic Salt
Ingredients: 2 cups coarse sea salt; 3 heads garlic; 1/2 teaspoon cracked black pepper fresh, optional; 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper optional; 2 tablespoons olive oil

5 ingredients

5 steps

Ingredients

2 cups coarse sea salt
3 heads garlic
1/2 teaspoon cracked black pepper fresh, optional
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper optional
2 tablespoons olive oil

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 400F
2

Cut just the very top off of each head of Garlic and drizzle with 2 TBS of olive oil.Wrap tightly in foil and bake at 400F for 1 hour
3

Remove from oven and allow to cool to touch. Reduce oven temperature to 200F. Squeeze the bottom of each clove to pop the garlic out and place it in a shallow baking dish, add the black pepper and cayenne pepper and use a fork to mash it into a paste.
4

Stir in the coarse salt, mixing thoroughly, and place the dish back into the oven at 200F for 30 minutes stirring every 10 minutes. After 30 minutes spread the salt onto a sheet of parchment paper and let the salt cool uncovered overnight or for at least a few hours until it is dry.
5

Pour into the blender and pulse on high until you reach the desired flake size. Store in an airtight container.