DISH RESEARCH · Side dish
garlic bread
Also known as: Bread, garlic, commercial, baked, garlic bread (frozen), garlic bread spread mix, Garlic bread, from fast food / restaurant, Garlic bread, from frozen, Garlic bread, NFS, Garlic bread, with melted cheese, from fast food / restaurant, Garlic bread, with melted cheese, from frozen, Garlic bread, with parmesan cheese, from fast food / restaurant, Garlic bread, with parmesan cheese, from frozen
Nagi Maehashi’s garlic bread spreads softened unsalted butter mixed with fresh garlic, the selected kosher salt and optional parsley through a partly sliced baguette, then bakes it wrapped in foil.
About garlic bread
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Nagi Maehashi’s garlic bread uses a basic French stick or baguette with a relatively thin, soft crust. Her selected version bakes the loaf with a freshly mixed garlic butter.
The loaf is cut into two lengths, then sliced almost all the way through. Leaving the bottom connected keeps the bread together while the cut surfaces receive the butter.
Softened unsalted butter is mixed with very finely minced fresh garlic, the selected kosher salt and optional finely chopped parsley. The mixture is tasted before spreading.
The same garlic butter coats the cut surfaces, with the remainder spread across the top and sides. Each piece is wrapped in foil and baked until the crust becomes crisp.
The bread is unwrapped for serving. Nagi describes crisp crust around soft, warm bread soaked with garlic butter; this account keeps her separate cheese-filled bread recipe outside the selected preparation.
Ingredients in garlic bread
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- Western / Nagi Maehashi garlic bread
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.