Roasted Zucchini And Garlic Spread Food

ROASTED VEGETABLE SPREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Place the bell pepper, onion, garlic, zucchini, and olive oil in a medium mixing bowl and toss until the vegetables are coated. Spread the vegetables evenly on sheet pan lined with foil and place to the oven. Roast, tossing occasionally, until they are soft and are beginning to turn brown around the edges, approximately 45 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool completely.
• Place the vegetables in the bowl of a food processor along with the cream cheese and process until well combined and spreadable; do not process until completely smooth.
• Taste and season with salt and pepper, if desired. Spread on soft bread, such as challah, foccacia, or pita bread. Store in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

ROASTED ZUCCHINI AND GARLIC SPREAD

Steps:

• Line a jelly roll pan with foil and spray with cooking spray.
• Arrange zucchini, onion and garlic in a single layer on the pan.
• Bake at 425 until vegetables are very tender, about 15-25 minutes. Cool.
• Process vegetables in a food processor, until coarsely chopped.
• Stir in yogurt and parsley; season to taste with lemon juice, salt and pepper.

ROASTED GARLIC AND TAPIOCA FLAN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F.
• In a small saucepan, combine milk, 1 cup water and garlic and bring to a simmer, cook for two minutes, drain garlic and pat dry (the liquid can be reserved for use in another dish).
• Place garlic in a baking pan and drizzle with the olive oil and roast until garlic is golden brown and soft -- about thirty minutes.
• Meanwhile, prepare the tapioca by bringing a large saucepan of water to boil, add the tapioca and simmer it till tender--15 to 20 minutes.
• Drain the tapioca into a colander and rinse it well under cold running water.
• When the garlic is roasted, transfer it to a bowl and mash it with a fork (Leave the oven on).
• Add all the remaining ingredients (except the tapioca) to the garlic in the bowl and mix well.
• Stir in the tapioca.
• Ladle the custard mixture into eight 4-ounce ramekins.
• Place a roasting pan in the oven, place the ramekins in the pan, and add very hot tap water to the pan until it reaches halfway up the sides of the ramekins.
• Bake the flans for one hour, until the centers are set.
• Remove the ramekins to a wire rack and let cool for 20 minutes.
• To serve, run a knife around the sides of each ramekin and then invert onto serving plates.

ROASTED GARLIC

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Remove the papery outer covering of whole garlic head, but do not seperate the cloves or peel them.
• Place as many whole heads of garlic on a large square of heavy-duty aluminum foil as there are people to be served.
• Fold up foil so that the cloves are completely wrapped.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour 15 minutes.
• Serve each diner a head of garlic and some bread and butter.
• Separate cloves.
• Hold a clove over a piece of buttered bread and squeeze.
• The garlic puree will pop out, like toothpaste from a tube.
• Spread and eat.
• GARLIC PUREE:
• To make a batch of Garlic Puree for later use, let roasted heads of garlic cool, unwarapped for at least 5 minutes.
• Gently separate the cloves and squeeze each one over a fine meshed sieve, so that the softened garlic pops into the sieve.
• With wooden spatula or wooden spoon, rub garlic through the sieve into a small container or bowl.
• Cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate the puree if needed.
• QUICK PUREE:
• If you are in a hurry, you may skip the refinement of the sieve.
• Simply squeeze the cloves, one by one, over a bowl.
• When they have all been squeezed, use a rubber spatula to push the puree into a neat mound cover tightly with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until needed.
• It will keep for months.
• To keep indefinitely, cover with a film of olive oil.

OVEN-ROASTED ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• Make the pesto
• In a food processor, combine the collards, peanuts, miso, and garlic and blend until it forms a chunky paste. While the food processor is running, slowly pour in the olive oil through the feed tube, adding more if needed to reach your desired consistency. Season with salt, pepper, and additional lemon juice to taste. Set aside.
• Make the zucchini
• Preheat the oven to 450°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a large bowl, toss the zucchini with the olive oil and salt, then spread the zucchini over the baking sheet in one even layer. Roast until the zucchini is brown around the edges, 18 to 20 minutes. To serve, transfer the zucchini to a bowl and give it a few turns of pepper. Next, drop in a few heaping dollops of pesto so that people can scoop as much as they'd like when serving themselves, adding more pesto to the bowl as needed. Pile the peanuts in a small serving bowl and present alongside the zucchini.
• For any leftover pesto, pour a thin layer of olive oil over it, cover, and refrigerate for up to 1 week.

ZUCCHINI AND GARLIC SPREAD

Steps:

• Steam the zucchini and eggplant until tender.
• Sauté the tomatoes and garlic until very soft, remove from the heat and add the sugar.
• Blend all the ingredients in a food processor or blender.
• Serve hot or cold.
• NOTES: Tahini is made from ground sesame seeds and is used as both for its binding qualities and for flavouring; it is rich in minerals, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus and iron. Tahini is an ingredient in most hummus recipes. Tamari is pure, top quality soy sauce, and is free from chemicals and preservatives. It can be used for flavouring in place of added salt or stock cubes in soups, vegetable dishes, pies, casseroles and dressings. Tahini and tamari are available at health food stores and large supermarkets.

ROASTED ZUCCHINI WITH GARLIC

Steps:

• Wash and trim ends of zucchini.
• Slice zucchini lengthwise and then into 1-inch pieces.
• Slightly crush and peel all the cloves of garlic.
• Mix zucchini, garlic and remaining ingredients in a large bowl.
• Lay evenly onto a foil lined pan.
• Bake uncovered at 425°F for about 60 minutes or until tender and browned, turning once after first 30 minutes.

ROASTED ZUCCHINI WITH GARLICKY BREAD CRUMBS AND MOZZARELLA

Steps:

• Heat broiler. Brush a rimmed sheet pan with olive oil, then lay the zucchini out in an even layer. Brush zucchini with more oil and sprinkle generously with salt.
• Broil until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Flip and broil until golden in spots, 4 to 6 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a small bowl, toss together bread crumbs, Parmesan, anchovies, garlic, herbes de Provence or oregano, red-pepper flakes and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Add 2 tablespoons oil and use your fingers to rub oil, garlic and anchovies into the crumbs.
• When zucchini is browned on both sides, turn off broiler and set oven to 500 degrees. Sprinkle zucchini with mozzarella, then bread crumb mixture; generously drizzle with oil. Bake until cheese melts and bread crumbs turn golden, about 4 minutes.
• Grind black pepper over top and drizzle with more oil, if needed. Top zucchini with olives, basil and additional red-pepper flakes, if desired, and serve with lemon wedges for squeezing.