Hi everyone and welcome back to my channel.
Today I’m showing you how to make the best garlic bread.
It’s simple and easy and makes the best side dish so let me show you how to make it.
The best way to make garlic bread is to make a garlic butter.
This doesn’t take too long and you can do it ahead of time.
I’m using about a cup of butter for this.
It will make more garlic butter than I need for this garlic bread but having garlic butter
is one of the best things to have hanging out in your fridge.
You can use it for a tonne of different things.
Make sure your butter is at room temperature or else there is no way you’ll be able to
mix it.
Place it into a medium sized bowl and give it a quick stir just to soften.
Theres another way of making garlic bread and that is with olive oil instead of butter.
I think this is a great alternative if you don’t wish to eat butter but I don’t think
it gives as good of a result or taste as butter does.
If you are going to use oil, just switch it out for the butter and follow the same directions.
Next is garlic and make sure to use fresh.
About 6 cloves, more or less depending on your tastes.
The garlic needs to be crushed so it can mix well with the butter.
The easiest way to do this is with a garlic crusher.
Invest in a good quality one and it will save you a lot of time.
There is no need to peel the garlic, just place the whole clove in and crush it over
the bowl with the butter.
So much easier than using a knife.
Repeat until you have crushed all of the garlic cloves.
Just a side note if you love a strong garlic taste don’t hesitate to add a few more cloves.
If you would like the full recipe for this garlic bread it will be listed in the information
box as well as a printable recipe on my website.
Just click the link on the screen.
Mix the garlic and butter together well so the garlic is evenly combined.
The last ingredients for this garlic butter is Italian flat leaf parsley.
I have a bunch of my favourite herbs planted in my kitchen so they are always on hand when
I need them.
You’ll need a small handful of the parsley.
Scrunch it between your fingers and use a sharp knife to run through it a few times
until it is finely chopped.
Add the parsley to the butter and give it a final mix until everything is well combined.
If you’re not using the garlic butter straight away you can easily store it in the fridge
covered.
It will last for 2-3 weeks, just make sure to remove it from the fridge and bring it
up to room temperature before you are going to use it.
It’s the best for garlic bread but you can also use it on steak, a sauce for pasta, sautéing
vegetables, the possibilities are endless.
For the garlic bread the last thing you need is some bread.
Whichever kind you would like, or whatever you have on hand.
I’m using some french bread.
You can either slice the bread fully or you can do what I am and leave it together by
only slicing 3/4 of the way through.
Using a small knife spread a generous amount of the garlic butter on the bread.
Wrap the garlic bread in tinfoil.
If you have sliced the bread just place one on top of the other so the buttered parts
are pressed together.
This stops it from drying out.
Place the garlic bread into a 200C or 400F oven for 10 minutes.
If you are cooking something else at the same time and the oven is either a higher or lower
than this temperature don’t worry too much at all, the garlic bread is easy so just adjust
the cooking time by a few minutes.
After 10 minutes remove the garlic bread from the oven and unwrap the tin foil.
If you have slices arrange them flat for this.
Put the garlic bread back into the oven for 5 minutes to brown and get crispy then it’s
ready to serve.
This is one of my favourite side dishes, it’s delicious and easy to make.
Let me know in the comments below if you are going to try it out.
Thank you for watching.
I hope you enjoyed this recipe and I will see you in my next video.
Bye.