Totally garlic infused and encrusted … yum! Best served in the foil to tear and share – the cheese goes stringy as you rip it apart. Best not to eat before a first date but good to share on a second!
Parmesan Garlic Bread – to serve 4
- 100g softened butter
- 2/3 garlic cloves, crushed
- a handful of chopped parsley
- 50g coarsely grated Parmesan
- a small baguette
Preheat the oven to 220°C/Gas 7.
Mash the butter in a bowl until creamy then mix in the garlic, parsley and Parmesan.
Cut slices into the baguette but make sure you don’t slice the whole way through. Put the baguette on a large piece of tinfoil.
Stuff the garlic butter between the slices. Wrap the bread loosely and bake in the oven for 20 minutes. Open the foil up to expose the bread and bake for another 5 minutes so it’s crunchy on top and drenched with cheesy garlic butter. Heaven!
(Original recipe from Nigel Slater Real Food, Fourth Estate, 1998.)
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