Garlic butter is a delicious condiment that is very easy to prepare. It is perfect to accompany a multitude of dishes of all kinds, and the best thing is that it is ready in just a few minutes. It is a great way to add a more powerful and original flavor to the original butter, and thus use it in our favorite recipes. Do not miss this recipe to see how to make garlic butter.
Garlic butter is a very popular preparation in French gastronomy; they use it in a multitude of dishes, even to accompany meat.
Flavoring your butter is very simple, and it will be a very original touch for a multitude of dishes. Let’s take a look at the recipe and, later on, we will see some options for using it.
This wonderful recipe will give our dishes all the flavor of garlic. At the same time we will benefit from all the nutritional properties of garlic.
But remember that it is a food that we should not abuse, because butter is very fatty. So it is not a condiment to use every day.
How to make garlic butter
Making flavored butters at home is very easy. In addition, being such a versatile food, we can modify the recipe to our taste by changing or including the ingredients we prefer.
The most important thing to prepare garlic butter is to take it out of the refrigerator for a few hours, so that it is not cold. Otherwise, it would be very difficult to mix it with the rest of the ingredients. Another way to make the butter to the point of ointment is to put it in the microwave for a few seconds.
We will use garlic, parsley and pepper, which we will crush well in a mortar, and then add them to the butter and mix well.
Once ready, we keep it in the refrigerator until it has a consistent texture again. And it would be ready to use in our favorite recipes.
Homemade Garlic Butter
Ingredients
- 100 g Butter
- 3 garlic cloves
- Parsley (to taste)
- Pepper
Instructions
- Take the butter out of the refrigerator for a few hours, until it is smooth. We can also do it by putting it in the microwave for a few seconds.100 g Butter
- Peel the garlic and add it to the mortar, together with the parsley and a pinch of pepper. Crush well, until the garlic is well crushed.3 garlic cloves, Parsley, Pepper
- Mix with the butter, and let it rest in the refrigerator until it acquires consistency again.Now we have a delicious garlic butter ready to use.
Nutrition
Some variations
In our recipe we have added parsley, as it combines perfectly with the garlic. But we can perfectly use other herbs, the ones we like the most. We can even combine them in a multitude of ways.
Other ingredients that we can add to give an original touch to our garlic butter is to add a little grated Parmesan cheese.
Or even a pinch of mustard. You will see how spectacular it looks.
What dishes can I serve with garlic butter?
Garlic butter is a very versatile condiment, as we mentioned before.
We can use it simply for bread toasts, as we used to do with garlic bread.
Or combine it with other ingredients to make spectacular toasts.
You can also use this butter to accompany potatoes, especially baked potatoes. Or, with any type of vegetables, meats, fish…
But it not only has raw uses. We can also use it to cook a multitude of dishes.
Or even to give a different touch to our sandwiches.
And you, do you dare to try this delicious garlic butter at home?
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