Roasted Garlic Hummus

My kids love hummus and I thought I'd mix it up a bit and at the same time teach J a thing or two about how to roast garlic.  She prepared the garlic and popped it into the oven all by herself. 

How to Roast Garlic


You need:
Garlic
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Kosher Salt
Foil

1. Take a whole head of garlic. It's even okay if you've used some of the cloves already. You just want the remaining cloves to still be attached to the base. Peel off any excess paper around the edges. You'll want the cloves themselves to still be in their papers but if you've got a lot of excess around the edges just pull them off.

2. Cut the top part off like in the picture below. Just enough to expose the cloves- like a little less than 1/3 of the head. Place the cut head on a piece of foil.

3. Sprinkle with a little kosher salt and drizzle with a couple teaspoons of extra virgin olive oil. I drizzle some on and wait for it to soak down into the garlic and then pour on some more.

4.  Grab the edges of the foil and pull them up tightly and seal.

5. Toss that bad boy in the oven, directly on the rack. If it's the only thing in your oven, bake at 400 degrees for about 30-40 minutes. But like I said, if your cooking something else at a lower temp, that's cool too, it may just take a little longer.

Hummus:

Ingredients:
2 cups canned garbanzo beans, drained
1/3 cup tahini
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 teaspoon salt
2 cloves garlic, halved
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 pinch paprika
1 teaspoon minced fresh parsley

pepper, optional


Directions:
Place the garbanzo beans, tahini, lemon juice, salt and garlic in a blender or food processor. Blend until smooth. Transfer mixture to a serving bowl.
Drizzle olive oil over the garbanzo bean mixture. Sprinkle with paprika and parsley.