Get the kids in the kitchen to make this simple side dish – pop any extra garlic butter into the fridge or freezer for a busy weeknight

Crusty garlic bread recipe

Ingredients

  • 60g butter, softened
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 1 part-baked white baguette (about 150g)

Method

  • Put the butter in a bowl, add the garlic and mix well. Spoon the butter out onto a sheet of cling film and roll up to make a sausage-shaped log. Chill for 10 mins.

  • Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Slice the baguette into about 12 slices but not all the way through, leaving the base intact to hold it together.

  • Remove the cling film from the butter and thinly slice on a chopping board. Press each butter slice between the slices of bread.

  • Wrap the baguette in foil, place on a tray and bake for 5–6 mins, then peel back the foil. Cook for a further 4–5 mins to crisp up.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2015

Method

  • Put the butter in a bowl, add the garlic and mix well. Spoon the butter out onto a sheet of cling film and roll up to make a sausage-shaped log. Chill for 10 mins.

  • Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Slice the baguette into about 12 slices but not all the way through, leaving the base intact to hold it together.

  • Remove the cling film from the butter and thinly slice on a chopping board. Press each butter slice between the slices of bread.

  • Wrap the baguette in foil, place on a tray and bake for 5–6 mins, then peel back the foil. Cook for a further 4–5 mins to crisp up.

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