Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, roasted garlic & chive cream cheese spread. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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Roasted garlic is sooo good, I changed a few things with mine and it was excellent. I cut off the pointy tops and drizzled olive oil over the exposed garlic and added freshly ground cracked pepper. Then I placed them on a piece of foil and folded it around the garlic, making a "foil tent" so that the garlic is completely enclosed.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have roasted garlic & chive cream cheese spread using 4 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Roasted Garlic & Chive Cream Cheese Spread:

1. Prepare 3 medium garlic bulbs - roasted
2. Get 8 oz cream cheese - softened
3. Get 2 tbs minced fresh chives
4. Prepare 1 pinch each salt and pepper, if desired

Roasted garlic is an easy and affordable way to add a savory boost to almost any meal. The long, slow cooking mellows the garlic's bite and leaves rich, deep flavor and silky texture in its place. Use it to make Roasted-Garlic Bread, Garlic and Chive Dip, or Garlic-Stuffed Roast Chicken. Place garlic in small baking dish.

Steps to make Roasted Garlic & Chive Cream Cheese Spread:

1. To roast garlic: Leave bulbs whole. Cut off stem end of each bulb, leaving all cloves exposed. Place cut side up on a large piece of foil. Drizzle tops with olive oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Close up foil around cloves to form a pouch. Bake in 350°F oven 45 min - 1 hr. Or until a knife easily pierces through the cloves. Remove from oven. Let cool completely.
2. Squeeze cloves out of 2 of the bulbs into a medium bowl. Remove any pieces of skin that might fall in. Mash garlic with a fork to form a paste. Add cream cheese and stir to thoroughly combine.
3. Squeeze cloves from third bulb into bowl. Add chives. Gently fold in to maintain larger pieces of garlic from the last bulb. Taste, add additional salt and pepper if desired. Transfer to an air tight container. Refrigerate at least overnight before using for flavors to blend.
4. You can spread this on bagels, crackers, toast, etc. Use it as a stir-in to mashed potatoes or a dip for veggies. The possibilities are endless! Enjoy!

Add oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper; toss to coat. Get Roasted Garlic Recipe from Food Network. Slice off the top each head of garlic to expose some of the cloves inside. Speedy roasted garlic trick: While less visually stunning, separating the head of garlic into individual cloves will make the cloves roast more quickly. Leave the cloves intact and covered with their paper skin, toss with olive oil, and roast in a foil packet until soft.

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