Roasted Garlic Butter

Learn How To Make Roasted Garlic Butter with this easy Roasted Garlic Butter recipe made with just five simple ingredients. It is great for serving with mashed potatoes, baked potatoes, slathering on bread, corn on the cob and so much more.

The only thing better than garlic butter is roasted garlic butter. Roasted garlic butter has a deep rich flavor that is much more mellow compared to a raw garlic butter, with its strong and slightly spicy flavor.

Raw Garlic vs Roasted Garlic

Raw garlic has a very robust and spicy flavor, but roasted garlic has a rich yet mellow flavor with sweet undertones.  Roasted garlic is creamy, almost buttery and tastes amazing on its own or use it to enhance the flavor of almost any dish you add it to.

Roasted Garlic Butter Recipe

This recipe is made with just 5 simple ingredients and is completely addictive! You will want to add it to everything!

• Garlic. You’ll need 1 whole head of garlic. 
• Oil. We drizzle extra-virgin olive oil over the garlic head before we roast it.
• Butter. We use unsalted butter that is at room temperature.
• Herbs. We stir in chopped fresh parsley for a little flavor and pop of color.
• Seasoning. Sprinkle in just a pinch of sea salt.

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Variations

• Stir in 3-4 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese.
• Add other finely chopped herbs like fresh basil or fresh thyme or dried Italian herbs.

How To Make Garlic Butter

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Cut the very top of the garlic head off.
3. Place the head in a ramekin and drizzle the top of the exposed cloves with olive oil.
4. Loosely cover with aluminum foil.
5. Bake for 30 – 35 minutes or until cloves are caramel in color and feel soft when pressed.
6. Place the butter in a small bowl and set aside to room temperature while the garlic roasts.
7. When the garlic has cooled enough to handle, remove the cloves from the head and add to the butter.
8. Using a hand mixer, blend the butter and roasted garlic until smooth and well blended. Alternatively, you can use a fork to mash the butter and roasted galric together.
9. Fold in the parsley and sprinkle with a pinch of salt.
10. Spread the butter into a ramekin and refrigerate before serving.

How To Store Garlic Butter

Transfer the roasted garlic butter to an air-tight container and store in the refrigerator for up to 1 week. 

What Is A Head Of Garlic?

A garlic head is also called a garlic bulb and it is made up of individual lobes (also called “cloves”).

How To Serve Garlic Butter

There are so many ways to use roasted garlic butter, the possibilities are practically endless.

• Potatoes. Serve it with mashed potatoes and baked potatoes.
• Corn on the cob. Slather it on corn on the cob.
• Vegetables. Melt some and toss it with steamed broccoli and roasted vegetables.
• Pasta. Toss with warm pasta and grated parmesan cheese to make buttered pasta.
• Bread. Slather it on bread, dinner rolls and croissants or use it to make garlic bread with.
• Popcorn. Melt it and drizzle over popcorn (and maybe add a tablespoon or two of Parmesan cheese.
• French fries. Melt it and toss with homemade French fries and sprinkle with a tablespoon of fresh parsley (and maybe add a tablespoon or two of Parmesan cheese).
• Artichokes. Melt it and use as a dipping sauce to serve with steamed artichokes.
• Shellfish. Either use it to cook shrimp (or fish and chicken) in or melt it to use as a dipping sauce for shrimp and lobster.
• Mirepoix. Use it to saute mirepoix in.

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Yield: 8 servings

Garlic Butter

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes

Total Time 50 minutes

Learn How To Make Roasted Garlic Butter with this easy Roasted Garlic Butter recipe made with just five simple ingredients. This roasted garlic and herb butter is great for serving with mashed potatoes, baked potatoes, slathering on bread, corn on the cob and so much more.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick), room temperature
• 1 large garlic head
• 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon flat leaf parsley, finely chopped
• Pinch of sea salt

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Place the butter in a small bowl and set aside to room temperature while the garlic roasts.
3. Remove the outer paper layers of the garlic bulb (garlic head), leaving the cloves attached.
4. Using a sharp knife, slice about 1/4 inch off the very top of the garlic head.
5. Place the garlic head in a ramekin and drizzle the top of the exposed garlic cloves with olive oil and loosely cover with foil. Or you can place the garlic head on a pice of aluminum foil, drizzle with oil and wrap tightly in the foil.
6. Bake for 30 - 45 minutes or until cloves are caramel in color and feel soft when pressed.
7. When the garlic has cooled enough to handle, remove the garlic cloves from the head (by squeezing them out with your fingers) and add them to the butter.
8. Using a hand mixer, blend the butter and roasted garlic until smooth and well blended. Or using a fork mash the roasted garlic well before blending it together with the butter.
9. Fold in the parsley and sprinkle with a pinch of salt.
10. Spread the garlic butter in a ramekin and refrigerate before serving.

Notes

Tips For Making Garlic Butter

1. Make sure the butter is at room temperature so it can be blended with the roasted garlic
2. When using a hand mixer, be sure to stir in the chopped parsley after you have blended the butter and roasted garlic together. If you blend the parsley together with the butter and garlic, you will end up with green butter.

How To Store Garlic Butter?

Transfer the roasted garlic butter to an air-tight container and store in the refrigerator for up to 1 week. 

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

8

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 117Total Fat: 13gSaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 18mgCarbohydrates: 0gFiber: 0gSugar: 0gProtein: 0g

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