Title: Roasted Garlic with Fresh Thyme & Goat Cheese
Categories: Appetizer Cheese Blank
Yield: 4 Servings
| 4 | | Plump heads of garlic |
| 3/4 | c | Defatted reduced-sodium |
| | | Chicken stock |
| 8 | | Sprigs, up to ... |
| 10 | | Sprigs fresh thyme |
| | | Salt & freshly ground black |
| | | Pepper to taste |
| 4 | oz | Log creamy goat cheese, |
| | | Cut into 4 portions |
| 4 | sl | Lightly toasted sourdough or |
| | | Peasant bread |
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. With a sharp knife, cut off and discard the
upper third of each garlic head, exposing the cloves. (Leave the skin
intact below the cut.) Set the garlic heads, cut-side up, in a small baking
dish or grating dish just large enough to hold them. Pour chicken stock
over the garlic, add thyme sprigs and season lightly with salt and pepper.
Cover the dish tightly with heavy-duty aluminum foil and bake for 1 hour,
or until each clove is soft to the touch and the skin resembles lightly
browned parchment. Serve the garlic with the cooking juices spooned over
and pass goat cheese and bread separately. To eat, break off a piece of
bread and spread with a small amount of cheese, then scoop out the garlic
puree from one of the cloves with the tip of a knife and spread on top.