Garlic Bread Revisited

I know I usually have drink recipes on Wednesdays, but this week I decided to make a special drink post on New Years Eve. Thus, today I decided to post one of my favorite sides. Garlic Bread. I love garlic bread. I like it crispy, crunchy and extremely garlicky. Basically I like it so garlicky that it scares off vampires, small animals and unfortunately women. Happens, but you have to choose, garlic or the ladies. In the eternal struggle between Garlic and Ladies, today Garlic won.

Break off a bit and eat with your favorite pasta or pizza.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

The first job is to finely minced the garlic. I have found that using a microplane works amazing for this task. Once you have all of the garlic finely minced add the spreadable butter to the bowl along with a little salt and pepper. Mix until the garlic is completely incorporated into the butter.

Next cut the round into slices. Cut about 90% of the way through the bread. Don’t cut all the way through.

Now slather the inside of the slices with the garlic butter.

Next place the cheese slices into the bread. You may have to break the slices in half to get them to fit. Having a little cheese sticking out of the top is perfectly fine.

Place the round into the oven on a cookie sheet and bake for 20 minutes. Then switch the oven to broil and stick the round under the broiler for a minute or two. Just until the cheese starts to bubble and turn brown.

Break the bread at the cuts and serve.

Enjoy

Garlic Bread Revisited

Crispy, crunchy garlic bread stuffed with melted mozzarella cheese. Made with fresh garlic butter and a rosemary herb bread, finished with a quick broil for perfect golden cheese.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 22 minutes mins

Total Time 37 minutes mins

Servings: 6 slices

Course: Appetizer, Side Dish

Cuisine: Italian

Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients

  

• 1 round of rosemary herb bread
• 6 cloves garlic
• 1/4 cup spreadable butter
• 8 slices mozzarella cheese
• Salt and pepper to taste

Method

 

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. Finely mince garlic using a microplane. Add spreadable butter to a bowl with salt and pepper.
3. Mix until garlic is completely incorporated into the butter.
4. Cut the bread round into slices, cutting about 90% of the way through but not all the way through.
5. Slather the inside of each slice with the garlic butter.
6. Place mozzarella cheese slices into the cuts in the bread. Break cheese slices in half if needed. It’s fine if cheese sticks out the top.
7. Place the bread round on a cookie sheet and bake for 20 minutes at 400°F.
8. Switch oven to broil and place under the broiler for 1-2 minutes until cheese bubbles and turns brown.
9. Remove from oven, break at the cuts, and serve immediately.

Notes

Using a microplane grater makes mincing garlic very easy and gives a fine texture. The key to this recipe is not cutting all the way through the bread so it stays together while serving. Fresh rosemary herb bread works best for flavor.