Wednesday, March 9, 2011

My Garlic Bread

This week I decided to do something uber simple and well-known. Garlic Bread. I created my version of this recipe one night whilst at a friend's house here in town my freshman year of college oh so long ago. We were doing a group Italian night (one of our many themed dinners) and I was tasked with garlic bread. I figured, how hard could that be right? And then I remembered the instance where my mom set our oven on fire making it and became skeptical. Using the tools available, I decided to make an idiot-proof appetizer (though this time around, there was another fine, though not because of me). Last week my friends and I decided to do another Italian dinner so I thought "what the hell, why not make my bread and use it for this blog?" So here it goes.....

Ingredients:
French Bread
Butter
EVOO (Extra Virgin Olive Oil)
Basil, Oregano and Italian Seasoning herbs
Garlic
1) Prepare a cookie sheet with aluminium foil and preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Then slice the bread in half long-ways
2) Crack a clove of garlic like shown in a previous post (don't remember which one) and drag it over the bread so the bread absorbs the scent
3) Next spread butter over the bread. Then repeat the garlic part again so now the butter absorbs it as well

4)After the second round of garlic, put some EVOO over both pieces of bread. I like using a plastic flat spoon thing to make sure it is even.
5) Lastly, sprinkle the herbs over the bread (a thin layer is all you need in regards to how much herb is enough)

6) Stick the bread in the oven for about 25 minutes, or until it looks lightly to heavily toasted depending on your preference.

Tips and experiences:
* Be aware if your oven cooks unevenly, like the one I used did (^ see the light to dark slide?)
*There is no such thing as too much garlic, unless you are a vampire and therefore have no need to make this anyways
*When cooking multiple dishes back to back, make sure your friend Zack doesn't drop an oven mitt into the oven and not notice it, resulting in a fire.
*If the above does happen, make sure you turn the water on in the sink that you put the now burned oven mitt in instead of letting it continue to smoulder.
*Overall...enjoy!

1 comment:

  1. I like garlic bread. Where are the pics of you burning your arm? The first ever blog-related injury.

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