Garlic Butter for Garlic Bread, Escargot or Shrimp
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Ready In: 30 mins
Serves: 6-8
Ingredients
For the garlic butter blend
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 4 -5 large garlic cloves
- 1⁄2 teaspoon oregano
- salt, to taste
- 1⁄4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1⁄4-1⁄2 teaspoon basil (optional)
For garlic butter bread
- 1 loaf French bread or 1 loaf Italian bread
- olive oil, to coat bread
Directions
- Melt butter in saucepan over low heat and remove from heat.
- Crush garlic in press and add it to melted butter. Cook over medium heat, watching carefully not to let garlic burn, about 3-5 minutes, in a slow simmer. Stir in dried spices. Remove from heat.
- Add salt to taste.
- *If using as a sauce, use to coat and cook in broiler.
- If making bread, use immediately on bread cut on the diagonal into slices or on a bread cut in half lengthwise. Add some olive oil and wrap in foil. Bake at 350 degrees F. about 20 minutes.
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