How To Make Garlic Spread for Bread Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What is garlic butter made of? ›

Butter: This recipe starts with two sticks of plain, softened butter. Garlic: Of course, you'll need fresh minced garlic (a tablespoon, to be exact). Cheese: Parmesan cheese takes this garlic butter recipe up a notch.

This recipe uses fresh garlic and garlic powder.

By combining two sources of garlic flavor, the bread has a balanced bold, sweet, and nutty roasted garlic flavor without the time-consuming process of actually roasting garlic.

Mince, Sprinkle, Scrape

Sprinkle the minced cloves with kosher salt, as kosher salt's rough texture will help mash the minced garlic and draw moisture out of the cloves as well. Then use your knife to flatten, mash, and scrape the minced cloves into paste.

To make garlic paste, start by peeling some fresh garlic cloves and mincing the garlic. Then, add a pinch of salt to the minced garlic and use a knife to scrape over the garlic until it forms a paste.

Garlic butter, also known as beurre à la bourguignonne, is a compound butter used as a flavoring for many dishes or as a condiment. It is composed of butter and garlic mixed into a paste. The ingredients are blended and typically chilled before use.

Great news: Homemade garlic butter lasts a long time. Stored in the fridge, it'll keep for up to two weeks, while in the freezer it will last up to a year. Just be sure to wrap it well or store it in an airtight container so it doesn't pick up smells from your fridge or freezer.

Garlic bread (also called garlic toast) consists of bread (usually a baguette, sour dough, or bread such as ciabatta), topped with garlic and occasionally olive oil or butter and may include additional herbs, such as oregano or chives. It is then either grilled until toasted or baked in a conventional or bread oven.

In addition to the four main ingredients used to make bread – flour, salt, yeast and water – there are often small quantities of other ingredients which are added to improve the texture, crumb structure and keeping properties of the bread.

In garlic bread, the garlic flavor is enhanced by the butter and cheese, which create a rich and creamy flavor profile. The texture of the bread: The bread used for garlic bread is usually a soft and fluffy bread that is perfect for soaking up the garlicky butter and cheese.

Melted butter makes for a richer dough, which helps create a soft and fluffy bread, more like a dinner roll—as opposed to a lean dough that turns out a chewy pizza crust. If you'd like even more flavor, you can add 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder to the dough. (I usually do.)

Why use garlic powder instead of garlic? ›

Garlic Powder vs Minced Garlic

You would use minced garlic when you want chunks of garlic and a more mild flavor. Choose garlic powder when you want a strong garlic flavor but do not want the garlic granules to be detectable.

Use ⅛ tsp. garlic powder for one fresh clove. Garlic powder is just fresh garlic dried and ground into a fine powder. Since it's a little more concentrated than a clove of garlic, a little bit of powder can go a long way to flavor your dish.

Add garlic cloves and olive oil to the blender jar and blend for 30-45 seconds to make a smooth paste. Scrape down the sides of the blender jar once in between. Store in airtight containers or mason jars and refrigerate for up to a week. Alternatively, add to ice cube trays, cover and freeze for up to 3 months.

Transfer the garlic paste to an airtight container to store in the refrigerator for 4-5 days. You can also top the container with a bit of oil to preserve that freshness. To store the garlic paste for longer, you can freeze it and store this garlic paste for 3-4 months.

Garlic paste is just pureed garlic cloves with a bit of oil that you can keep in the fridge or freezer and use as needed. It's a “trick” that makes it so much easier to cook Indian food daily.