I don’t know about you, but garlic bread is my favourite dish to pair with different salads, grilled meats, pasta, and soups. And today, I have dished out the most amazing combos with garlic bread for you. Garlic bread is an Italian dish, but people love it worldwide because of its fresh taste and texture. You just need to mix fresh garlic cloves with butter to make classic Italian garlic bread and spread the mixture onto the French bread. Garlic bread is a bread topped with mashed garlic, you can have it by spreading only the garlic butter on the bread or putting some cheese on it.
The parmesan cheese or mozzarella cheese both go well with it, it has a mixture of different flavours and the strong smell of garlic. Garlic is the main ingredient in making garlic bread, and fresh garlic cloves are always used instead of garlic powder.
How Do You Make Homemade Garlic Bread?
Even though eating garlic bread can be soothing and refreshing, some people like having it at home and not at a restaurant, in a hectic day-to-day schedule, it can be a little overwhelming to dress up and go out to eat. Fresh garlic has a strong flavor and pleasant smell, and it works best to make garlic bread. Keep some chopped parsley with you, too, and some butter (it would be great if the butter is unsalted).
To make garlic bread, toast the slices of bread first. In one bowl, put the unsalted butter. Now, you can roast the cloves of garlic by putting them in aluminum foil and keeping them in the oven.
You can also use raw garlic cloves if you want to spend time roasting them. Now, add the garlic cloves to the bowl with butter and crush it with a fork. Then, add some oil and chopped parsley. Parmesan cheese can be a great choice to add a creamy texture to garlic bread and mix everything well. Now spread the mixture on top of your roasted garlic bread and put some mozzarella cheese granules on it. Microwave it until the cheese starts to bubble, and then take it out. Now, you can enjoy your garlic bread while in bed watching your favourite movie.
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We will start by talking about the bread used in garlic bread. If garlic bread is made with refined flour, we can say it is not a good option for our physical health, and we should have it occasionally. And if the bread being used is whole wheat bread, then we can say it is a good option. In this condition, we can eat it daily if we have to or would like to do that.
Now, we will discuss the benefits of fresh garlic in garlic bread. It can be really helpful for people suffering from the significant problem of high cholesterol levels; eating only one clove of raw garlic can help you prevent that. Garlic is also very well known for helping with high blood pressure; we can also prevent the outburst of cells causing cancer by including garlic in our diet.
When we say olive oil, we know that many people are now aware of its long-term benefits and are trying to add it to their daily diet. The primary function of olive oil is to keep us healthy from fat with various health benefits.
A small quantity of parsley can help you fight a lot of diseases. It has antibacterial properties that keep our body healthy from both inside and outside. After crossing a particular age, it can help our bones to maintain our body structure. Just like any other green vegetable, it also helps keep our eyes healthy, the cheese can provide us with the required amount of calcium and protein.
What Kind of Cheese Should Be Used in Garlic Bread?
While choosing the cheese to use in garlic bread, we should be mindful of the garlic flavour. The cheese should enhance the natural flavour of garlic and should not try to overpower it. It should also not contain a lot of salt because it can kill the other flavours. Both parmesan and mozzarella cheese can be good choices. They can add a creamy texture to your garlic bread while complimenting the garlic’s flavours. If you would like to try something new, then season it with some herbs like oregano and chilli flakes.
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This section will only discuss the dishes that go well with garlic bread. We can eat it solely, but if we add it with something else, it can help to increase the flavours in the particular dish.
Spicy Italian Sausage Pasta
Garlic bread is an Italian dish that goes perfectly with other Italian dishes; it can add an extra element of creaminess if we serve it with spicy Italian sausage pasta. You will find it good with almost every pasta; instead of adding chopped garlic to the pasta, you should try serving garlic bread with it.
Start by boiling some pasta of your choice and chop some Italian sausages. Now, put some oil in the pan because it is healthy, and add two tablespoons of refined flour when the oil gets heated. Cook it until it’s brown, and then add the tomato puree to the pan and cook it well. After this, add some heavy cream and spices like black pepper and salt.
You can also add some cheese and cook it until it melts. Now, you can add the boiled pasta to your pan and mix it well, then put some chopped parsley in it.
Now, you can serve it on a round plate with one or two garlic bread pieces on the sides. We can have the garlic bread with the pasta or at the end if you want to clear all the excess puree with the bread.
Chicken Pesto Pasta
This is a very easy recipe to try at home because it doesn’t need much time or resources to make it. First, take some pasta or make it using flour and boil it for some time. Now take a utensil and put some oil in it, once it is heated, add the chicken to it. Please make sure the chicken is tender, and it should be in small pieces to make it easy, then cook it evenly for the needed time.
In a separate bowl, make the pesto sauce. To make this, we first need roasted fresh garlic, olive oil, and basil leaves. Start by crushing the garlic cloves completely and adding the basil leaves. Smashed them both together and added olive oil to them.
You can also buy the pesto sauce available in the market if you don’t have the time to make it yourself. The fresh always tastes better than the store-bought. Add the boiled pasta and the cooked chicken to the bowl when everything is mixed.
After you combine it well, it will be ready to be served. Instead of adding garlic to the pasta recipe, serve it with garlic bread; it can elevate the taste.
Toast
If you also like to eat healthy but with some taste, then you should try to modify the classic garlic bread into a healthier snack. Use whole wheat bread instead of the essential fine flour bread; also, avoid using any random oil, and use a very small quantity of olive oil.
Start by toasting your bread slice, then crush one or two cloves of garlic on the bread slice. Now add some fresh or baked tomatoes to the toast.
Sprinkle fresh parmesan cheese, salt, and black pepper, and enjoy. If you don’t like it this way, add avocado slices instead of tomatoes because it is a better option. Avocado is rich in many different minerals and vitamins.
If you get bored, try pesto sauce; it can also be a great choice. If you only want to eat toast with salted butter, try the butter spread. We can buy it from stores or try to make it at home because it will not contain any preservatives.
You have to soften a stick of butter and add the roasted garlic to it. Parsley can also be added to the butter to make it taste better. Mix everything well and store it in an airtight container for future use; it can safely last for 8 to 10 days.
Soups
As we all know, garlic bread goes well with all different kinds of pasta, but most of us don’t know that it can taste good with soups, too. In this portion, we will try to guide you in making the perfect velvety tomato soup.
Start by boiling some tomatoes and onion together in a utensil. When they are boiled, take them out and peel the tomatoes, put them in a blender, and blend them until they are smooth.
After blending them, strain them through a strainer. Now, take a separate pot and add some oil or butter to it. Please wait until the oil is hot and the butter is melted, then add the puree.
Add some water and let it cook on low flame until you start seeing the bubbles. Now add some salt and pepper powder to it, and it is ready to be served. Put some garlic bread slices beside the soup because its cheesy texture can complement the plain flavour of the tomato soup.
Beef Stew
Beef stew is a nourishing and wholesome meal for almost everyone, it has many different ingredients, so it provides us with many different nutrients.
To make beef stew, choose the kind of beef you want to cook and cut it into small pieces. Now peel and cut the potato, carrot, and onion into small sizes. Take a pot and pour some oil in it on low flame; when the oil is heated, add the beef and spices of your choice to the pot. Cook it evenly for some time, and don’t forget to close the lid to fasten the cooking process.
When the beef is almost cooked, add the vegetables to it. Now cook them together for some time, and then add the tomato puree and salt and pepper powder. If you think the stew is too thick, add some water and let it cook for a few minutes. Serve the beef stew when it is still hot. Try to serve it in a bowl and not a plate because it can keep it hot for a long time, and you can savour the flavour.
Now put some garlic bread along with the beef stew, the cheesy garlic flavour of garlic bread can add a creamy element to your stew and elevate the beef’s flavour. It can be a healthy choice if you want to eat it daily.
Breakfast Sandwiches
If you don’t want to spend a lot of time preparing your breakfast because of work or any other reason, try this. You can make breakfast sandwiches using garlic bread because it is the easiest recipe. You will need two slices of bread, crushed some roasted garlic on top of the bread, and applied some butter. Now add some fresh mozzarella cheese granules on top of it, along with the spices. Now put some bread on top of the other and toast it in a toaster for some time. When the sandwich comes out, it will be ready to eat, and the cheese will melt completely.
If you don’t want to try anything from the above recipes, then you can have garlic bread alone because serving it as a side dish is unnecessary.
Wrapping it Up
People worldwide now love this fluffy, cheesy bread, typically made using French bread, originating from Italy. Garlic is the main ingredient in garlic bread, and it is best to use fresh garlic cloves because it smells good and has the best flavour. However, there are many ways to modify the classic garlic bread in different forms.
One of the best ways to make garlic bread is by roasting the garlic cloves in an oven and mixing it with unsalted softened butter. You can add chopped parsley to the garlic butter, along with some salt and black pepper. How about you try these combinations and let us know your favourite in the comments?
Guest author: Saket Kumar
Last Updated on by Arnab