Slow-Roasted Garlic with Blue Cheese & Fig Preserves

Name: Slow-Roasted Garlic with Blue Cheese & Fig Preserves
Yield: Serves 4–6
Ingredients: Soft, creamy blue cheese with not too much bite, such as Saint Agur or Gorgonzola dolce; Soft, creamy blue cheese with not too much bite, such as Saint Agur or Gorgonzola dolce; Soft, creamy blue cheese with not too much bite, such as Saint Agur or Gorgonzola dolce; Fig preserves or runny honey; Fig preserves or runny honey; Chewy sourdough baguette; Soft, creamy blue cheese with not too much bite, such as Saint Agur or Gorgonzola dolce; Maldon salt; Extra-virgin olive oil; 3–4 heads garlic

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Flavors from the Farm

By Emma Hearst

Published 2024

About

Billowing bonfires with crackling wood, a crisp, sweet breeze carrying leaves at the end of their life cycle, wafts of jammy red wine and burnt toast, and garlic slowly roasting in fat—these are a few of my favorite smells.

Ingredients

3–4 heads garlic
Extra-virgin olive oil
Maldon salt
Soft, creamy blue cheese

Preserve
Snack
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 400°F.

Peel away and discard any loose, papery skins from the garlic heads but keep the heads intact. Slice the tips off each garlic head, exposing the ends of the cloves for easy squeezing later on. Lay a piece of aluminum foil on a sheet pan and place the