Roasted Garlic Butter
Roasted garlic butter is a simple yet delicious spread that can elevate any bread with its rich, savory flavor. Made with roasted garlic, butter, fresh parsley, paprika, and parmesan cheese, this creamy and aromatic sauce can easily take your cooking to the next level.
Equipment
- oven
- aluminum foil
- Baking sheet
Ingredients
- 4 heads garlic
- 4 tsps olive oil
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp pepper (optional)
- ¾ cups salted butter (¾ cup of buster is about 1½ sticks. You can also use add ⅜ tsp of salt to 1½ sticks of unsalted butter to substitute the salted butter.)
- 4 tbsp parsley (washed and chopped)
- ½ tsp paprika (optional or you can use other chili powder of your choice.)
- 2 tbsp parmesan cheese (optional)
Instructions
How to make Roasted Garlic Butter
- Preheat your oven to 400°F (204°C). Take 1½ sticks of salted butter out of the fridge and let it soften at room temperature.
- Cut off the top ¼ inch of each head of garlic to expose the cloves. Place the garlic heads, cut side up, on a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil.
- Drizzle each head of garlic with 1 tsp of olive oil. Evenly sprinkle ¼ tsp of salt and ¼ tsp of pepper over 4 heads of garlics.
- Cover the garlics with aluminum foil. Bake at 400°F (204°C) for 40 minutes, or until the cloves are tender and caramelized.
- Remove the garlics from the oven, carefully open the foil, and let the garlics cool for 5 minutes. Once they are not too hot to touch, squeeze the roasted garlic cloves to a bowl.
- Add softened butter, chopped parsley, paprika, and parmesan cheese (optional) to the roasted garlic cloves, mash with a fork until all the ingredients are well combined.
- You can simply spread this roasted garlic butter on bread for a tasty and easy snack. Or you can use it to make a pull-apart garlic cheese bread (See steps below). Save any leftover in a small airtight container. It can be stored in the refrigerator for up to a week.
How to make pull-apart garlic cheese bread
- Preheat your oven to 375°F (190°C).
- Using a serrated knife, to vertically slice a bread of your choice into halves. (You can use a sourdough bread, white miche bread, ciabatta, baguette, or toast. I used a black pepper focaccia from Panera.) Make diagonal cuts in both slices of the bread, about 1 inch apart, to create a grid pattern on the bread. Be careful not to cut all the way through the bread.
- Place the bottom half of the bread, cut side up, on a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil. Brush a layer of thousand island dressing or mayonnaise over the bread, add a layer of mozzarella cheese, cover with the top half of the bread.
- Spread a generous layer of homemade roasted garlic butter onto the bread's top surface. Optionally, sprinkle a thin layer of shredded mozzarella cheese and some freshly chopped parsley on the top.
- Bake at 375°F (190°C) for 10. Remove from the oven, enjoy hot.