Quick & easy ciabatta garlic bread with homemade garlic butter spread. It's the perfect side dish for any meal!
I have never met a person that doesn't like garlic bread...have you?
I think it's because there is nothing better than buttery garlicky carb loading as a side dish to dinner. Or a before dinner snack...or just a quick bite to eat at any time of day!
This garlic bread is so easy to make you will never buy garlic bread again. The garlic butter is a combination of softened butter and a little bit of neutral oil which when blitzed together make it perfectly spreadable and the addition of crushed garlic and fresh parsley make it so tasty! You can use any type of bread you like for garlic bread but ciabatta is our favourite, and I would highly recommend using it.
It's important to keep in mind, when you are spreading the butter onto the bread be generous. Like, even when you have covered the bread in butter and you think it looks like you couldn't possibly add any more - do. Too much garlic butter is not a thing here.
All that you need to do now is wrap each half loaf in tinfoil and bake for 20-25 minutes until the butter is melted and the bread is starting to crisp up. If you only want to bake 1 half of the loaf you can wrap the other half in tinfoil and freeze for another time.
But you will probably want to cook both...Josh & I have been known to polish off a whole loaf on our own!
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Homemade Ciabatta Garlic Bread
Ingredients
- 1 loaf ciabatta
- 100 grams butter room temperature
- 2 tablespoon oil
- 1.5 tablespoon crushed garlic
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley fresh or dried
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C
- Slice a ciabatta loaf in half length-ways
- Using a stick mixer blend together butter, oil & garlic until it is combined and spreadable
- Spread generously on both pieces of bread and sprinkle with parsley.
- Wrap in tinfoil and bake for 20-25 minutes until the butter is melted and the bread is starting to crisp up.
- Remove from oven, allow to cool slightly and serve hot.
Lucy @ Bake Play Smile says
Hey Laura, we had this during the week with lasagne and it was absolutely delicious!! Thanks for linking up with our Fabulous Foodie Fridays party! xx
Laura says
Yay!! Garlic bread and lasagne is one of my favourite meals! 🙂
Lisa @ Chocolate Meets Strawberry says
Yum, Laura - delicious!! This is such a simple recipe and I adore your photos too 🙂 Garlic bread is a perennial favourite in our house. We have been having it a lot lately with our dinners, because we are mostly eating salads in this heat so it's great to round out a meal!
Laura says
Thanks so much Lisa! You just can't go wrong with garlic bread, salad and something thrown on the BBQ in summer!
jayne says
I LOVE garlic bread - looks very good on ciabatta
Laura says
Thanks Jayne! Ciabatta is my favourite bread!
Lucy @ Bake Play Smile says
That looks absolutely perfect!!!! We love garlic bread in our house. Cant wait to try this out!
Laura says
Thanks Lucy! We love it here too!
Krissy @ Pretty Wee Things says
Oh my husband would LOVE this! I love the idea of homemade garlic bread because at least you know exactly what's on it. The perfect indulgent side 🙂
Laura says
That's exactly why I love it so much...I probably should be making the ciabatta too - maybe next time! And it was definitely a winner with my hubby-to-be!