Ultimate Garlic Butter

This recipe came fromplaying around in the kitchen. My family loves garlic butter on bread. But I will make large batches of this butter to cook with. Top grilled meats, add to sauces etc! Its worth every calorie!

• Ready In: 1 hr 5 mins
• Yields: 3/4 cup

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter, room temp is best
• 1  whole head of garlic, plus
• 2  garlic cloves
• 3  tablespoons olive oil
• 2  tablespoons  chopped fresh parsley
• 1  tablespoon  chiffonade fresh basil
• 2  teaspoons  chopped fresh rosemary
• 2  teaspoons  chopped fresh thyme
• 1  teaspoon kosher salt (to taste)
•  ground black pepper

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. cut off the top of the head of garlic so that cloves are exposed (this makes it easier to squeeze out sticky cloves of roasted garlic).
3. pour 1 tbl of olive oil and kosher salt and pepper to taste on garlic.
4. wrap in foil, place on a pizza stone or in a cermaic dish (so that it wont burn).
5. roast for about 45 minutes to an hour.
6. You want the garlic to be soft sticky and caramelized.
7. after roasting let garlic cool.
8. remove roasted garlic from the skins. In a bowl cream together roasted garlic, butter, the 2 remaining tblsp of olive oil, all herbs, salt and pepper. finely mince or use a garlic press for the remaining 2 cloves of garlic and add to the butter mixture.
9. refrigerate butter for at least one hour. this lets the flavors come together.