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Garlic Bread

Good bread spread with garlic-confit butter and parsley, topped with cheddar and baked crisp.

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Ingredients

  • 2 headsgarlic, peeled
  • oil, to barely cover
  • 2 sticksbutter, softened
  • a handfulparsley
  • salt and pepper
  • good bread
  • a bitshredded cheddar

Method

  1. Step 1: Make garlic confit: put the peeled garlic in a small oven-proof dish, barely cover with oil, and cover. Cook at 250°F for two hours (or until light brown).

    About 2 hr

  2. Step 2: Strain and save the oil (use it for anything; it's delicious). Save the garlic.

  3. Step 3: Blend the softened butter with a handful of parsley, roughly one head's worth of the confit garlic, and salt and pepper. Taste and add more of anything it needs.

  4. Step 4: Spread over good bread and top with a bit of shredded cheddar.

  5. Step 5: Bake at 425°F until the cheese is melted and the bread is crispy. Slice and serve.

Version 1 · updated November 15, 2026