Baked Garlic With Blue Cheese And Rosemary

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 6 heads garlic
• 3 tablespoons butter, cut into slices
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can chicken broth (or more)
• 1/4 cup dry wine
• 2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary
• fresh rosemary
• 8 ounces blue cheese or 8 ounces roquefort cheese, crumbled
• crusty bread, sliced

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 cut 1/2 inch off top end (opposite root end) of each garlic head, exposing top garlic cloves.
• 3 remove any loose papery outer skin.
• 4 place garlic cut side up in nonaluminum baking dish.
• 5 top with butter.
• 6 pour oil over.
• 7 add 1 can broth and wine to dish.
• 8 sprinkle chopped rosemary over garlic.
• 9 place 2 rosemary sprigs in dish.
• 10 season with pepper.
• 11 (can be made 8 hours ahead. cover; chill).
• 12 bake uncovered until garlic is tender, basting every 15 minutes with pan juices and adding more broth if necessary to maintain some sauce in dish, about 1 hr 15 minutes.
• 13 add cheese to dish and continue baking until cheese is almost melted, about 10 minutes.
• 14 discard rosemary sprigs.
• 15 garnish with fresh rosemary sprigs.
• 16 serve with bread.