Joel Hollingsworth wrote:
"Elephant garlic" isn't garlic, genetically speaking, but leeks.
I think roasting garlic (cut in half vertically, maybe drizzled with oil) and squeezing them out once cooked (e.g., to spread on bread), is a pretty good use for garlic that seems too small to be worth peeling raw.
I wondered what kind of onion elephant garlic was. I bought it a couple of months ago and roasted it like I do with all my garlic. It was usable, but not ideal. Weird texture and stringy. Barely had a garlic flavor at all.
Roasted garlic is one of my favorite things to cook with! Right out of the oven I like to spread it on crusty bread and eat it just like that.