For many people, bread has to be present in every meal. It is essential; this basic food in our diet can enrich any meal. Do you plan to go on a picnic or having a dinner outside? Today we are going to teach you how to prepare homemade garlic bread, a simple recipe but it works. In less than 30 minutes you can do it, also it is perfect to serve with your meals.
The ingredients that you will need are:
- Half loaf of bread, or an entire one (this depends on the size and the amount of bread you want to prepare).
- Fresh parsley (about 15 g.)
- Two or three white garlic cloves.
- 20 g of grated mozzarella cheese
- 60g of butter at room temperature
- Olive oil
- Salt and pepper.
How to prepare white garlic bread
Preheat the oven at 180ºC, arrange a baking tray with cooking paper and make sure that the butter is at a room temperature.
After that, you can chop the peeled garlic in very thin slices. Then, cut the loaf of bread in 1cm slices.
Now you can prepare a bowl with the butter and add the olive oil, the grated lemon, the chopped white garlic cloves, salt, pepper and the grated cheese. You have to mix it very well all the ingredients, until you get a consistent texture.
When you finish the white garlic mixture, spread it over every slice of bread using a cooking brush. Now you just have to put the bread in a baking tray. Once we have finish this step, we cook it for about 12 to 15 minutes; make sure that the butter is completely melted and the bread looks golden and crunchy, if you want you can sprinkle a little of parsley before you serve it.
How do I decide what type of bread to use?
You can use different types of bread, but the result will be different. If you choose a round bread, when you cut it the slices will be large and thin. However, if you choose a ciabatta bread or baguettes, the slices of the white garlic bread will be much smaller. Other option is to cut the loaf of bread in half and prepare two much bigger slices of garlic bread.
Depending on the use, you are going to give, we advise you to choose a bread or another. We recommend you to not throw away the leftovers of the white garlic bread. You can cut it in smaller pieces and you can use it as croutons in your summer gazpacho andaluz, or grate it and you will have a scented grated bread.
If you try this recipe, you will discover how to complement and enrich any dish in a very simple and fast way. In addition, this is a recipe that everyone seems to like and it is very affordable.
