When you're Italian you usually cook with a lot of garlic. Unless of course you are my father whom doesn't really like it, but I hide it there and he eats it anyway.
Garlic is known for it's healthful qualities helping fight against infection, cold and heart disease. With all that going around Seattle this last few months everyone should be eating it. One compound is Allicin, it is responsible for garlics antibacterial properties. It is also know to keep fungus and yeast in check in your body. That said, I have a great way to enjoy garlic with your girlfriends ...
This requires a bottle of red wine. A good one to drink, such as, Qupe's Sarah (which is also good for you in moderation) and one of my besties and my favorites.
Also needed is:
2 heads of garlic
2 small logs of Montrachet cheese
olive oil
1 tsp thyme
1/2 to full loaf French bread
1/2 cup fresh bread crumbs
1-2 Ripe pears
1-2 Juicy Apples
Sweet seedless grapes
Preheat Oven to 350F
Cut garlic tops off leaving peel on. Put into a small baking dish and pour olive oil over the top allowing the oil to come up about 1/2" from the bottom of dish. Cover dish and put in oven for about 1 hour.
Meanwhile put the cheese in a baking dish also. Brush with olive oil, sprinkle with thyme and put bread crumbs on top to cover. Place dish uncovered into oven with garlic for the last 1/2 hour.
Slice bread into 1/2" slices. Fry them in a pan with equal amounts of butter, olive oil and two minces garlic cloves (optional) until lightly brown. You can just toast them if you want to save calories but it's not as tasty.
When all is ready and the hour is up serve with your fresh fruit and wine. The garlic will have a almost sweet quality to it and become spreadable. It should pop right out of the skin and served with toast and cheese. To dye for!
This recipe is great for our rainy days here in Seattle, be it winter, spring, summer or fall..... Enjoy!
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