Homemade Garlic Bread

lizzie_dripping

My DS (aged 6) makes THE best garlic bread. He mixes the garlic with margarine and puts it either into those small petit pains (slit across the top) or just on normal sliced bread rolls and then in the oven for 5 minutes. I do the oven bit though.

He is fairly liberal with the garlic which is what makes them so tasty. We could never eat shop bought garlic bread again.

rygon

you can buy some garlic bread mix (i think thats what its called) in asdas under the herbs and spices section. I just buy some french bread cut it up and spread margerine on it then shake some of the mix over the top and bung it in the oven for a couple of mins

scrimperjan

Completely off topic, stiltoncheese, but do you actually like your stilton as ripe as the one in your picture? It looks about ready to get up and walk away!

stiltoncheese

Actually, I can't stand stilton (unless it's in stilton and brocolli soup) and to be honest I have no idea why I came up with that as a user name!!!

Always makes me smile though, even more now I think my picture is really 'ripe'

vixtress

i am thinking of making garlic bread foor lunch, i made pizza yesterday and have loads of uncooked dough left.
do i par cook the dough then put the garlic butter on or just spread it on the raw dough?

do you think it would be better doing a flat pizza type thing or some sort of balls with the garlic butter inside.
cant believe ive never made garlic bread from scratch before

thanks, vix

odds-n-sods

I woul dcook the dough unitl its a few minutes from being done then add the butter - do a pizza type, or if you want roll it into a log and then cut it when it's finished baking to add the butter. To make the log, just roll it into a rectangle and about 1" thick, then take 1 long end and roll it up. Put the edge of the roll on the bottom when you put it on the sheet.

Penelope_Penguin

For garlic bread, I make a round loaf, with dried herbs in the bread. Once it's cooked, I cut in half, spread with garlic butter, and cut into wedges. Then wrap in foil and back into the oven for the butter to melt.

Dough balls are great, too. Might make some of them later.

Penny. x

vixtress

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

For garlic bread, I make a round loaf, with dried herbs in the bread. Once it's cooked, I cut in half, spread with garlic butter, and cut into wedges. Then wrap in foil and back into the oven for the butter to melt.

Dough balls are great, too. Might make some of them later.

Penny. x

how do i do dough balls? is it the raw dough with butter in the middle or am i totally on the wrong track?

odds-n-sods

nope, just make balls with the dough, put them in a baking dish like a cake pan, bake them, then add the garlic butter when you eat.

Penelope_Penguin

vixtress wrote: »

how do i do dough balls? is it the raw dough with butter in the middle or am i totally on the wrong track?

Sorry - yes, I knead mine into walnut -sized balls (size before rising). I then serve them with garlic and herb butter, and we dip the cooked, still warm balls into it. That's how it's done in Pizza Express - from where I pinched the idea!

Penny. x