Slow Roasted Agave

When we were in Aspen we went to a great mezcal tasting which Aki has previously described in detail.  I came away from the tasting slightly buzzed (the mezcal was just to tasty) and inspired.  On the tables for the tasting there was a product similar to sugarcane.  Its taste was rich, decadent, caramelized and slightly smokey.  It was slow roasted agave.  This is the stuff great mezcal is made of.  Unfortunately it is not available here.  This stuff was smuggled in from Mexico.  It turns out the Agave was "imported" from the Del Maguey  distillery.  I was lucky enough to be sitting with a representative from Del Maguey and he gave me a large chunk of the agave.  I was so excited, my mind was reeling with ideas for this product.  Currently, we are making a roast agave ice cream and are bottling our tequila vinegar with strips of the agave in the bottles.  I also planned to do slow cooked fish on agave planks, but first I need to figure out how to get this incredible product into the country.  For now I only have just this small amount.