Garlic bread is versatile, it goes well with many western dishes (from pizza to steak), or it can be served as appetizer on its own. Best of all it is so easy to make, it is on my top 10 list of easiest dish to prepare. Sure, ready to use garlic spread is easy to find, but making it from scratch is fun.
For the Spread:
For the Spread:
150g Butter (I use the salted version)
3 cloves of garlic
Dried Italian herb mix
Salt & Pepper
Preparation:
Put the butter in a bowl at room temperature to let it soften a bit. Meanwhile finely chop 3 cloves of garlic. If you don’t like raw garlic taste, you might want to fry your garlic a little. Heat up oil on a frying pan over small fire, and toss the garlic for 1-2 minutes. Let it cool a bit before adding it to the butter. Sprinkle a pinch of salt and some pepper (to taste). I’d put half tablespoon of salt and half that amount of pepper. Add some Italian herb mix for the ‘herby’ taste. Mix well and voila, your garlic spread is ready.
Now slice some bread (you can use white bread slices too), and layer it generously with the garlic butter spread. Heat up your oven to 200 degrees, then place the bread slices at a high rack, closer to the heat coils at the top of the oven. It shouldn’t take more than 5 minutes before the butter layered crust turn darker. It is time to remove them from the rack and serve.
3 cloves of garlic
Dried Italian herb mix
Salt & Pepper
Preparation:
Put the butter in a bowl at room temperature to let it soften a bit. Meanwhile finely chop 3 cloves of garlic. If you don’t like raw garlic taste, you might want to fry your garlic a little. Heat up oil on a frying pan over small fire, and toss the garlic for 1-2 minutes. Let it cool a bit before adding it to the butter. Sprinkle a pinch of salt and some pepper (to taste). I’d put half tablespoon of salt and half that amount of pepper. Add some Italian herb mix for the ‘herby’ taste. Mix well and voila, your garlic spread is ready.
Now slice some bread (you can use white bread slices too), and layer it generously with the garlic butter spread. Heat up your oven to 200 degrees, then place the bread slices at a high rack, closer to the heat coils at the top of the oven. It shouldn’t take more than 5 minutes before the butter layered crust turn darker. It is time to remove them from the rack and serve.
