Have you ever made your own garlic butter?

Being a fan, I thought it would be handy to know.

I have a lot of spare garlic. Do you just mince and mix (a personal favourite <joke here>)

or do you cook/blend/herb it, first?

no, who cares?.

Me, I likes the garlic butter.


Arr, righ?


(2 seasons worth of Gavin & Stacy, thats what that does)

Don't cook it first, you will lose all the flavour.
I have the best garlic crusher in the world...it's from Ikea.
I crush a few cloves, then add the butter in a small dish, I also add a few garlic chives cut up small from the garden and then nuke it in the microwave until the butter is melted (or you can add some mixed herbs but that will change the flavour quite radically).

Once you've made a whole lot, you can roll it all up into a sausage when it starts solidifying and wrap it in clingfilm, put it in the freezer and then cut off slices when you want them.

I always make my own, it tastes so much better, oh and don't use that 'very lazy' garlic yuck yuck yuck, it's horrible!

Havn't done it for years but pretty much as VT says except i used to melt the butter in a pan over a low heat as i never had a microwave.
Another advantage is that you can obviously use your favourite spread instead of butter, for those of us that have higher collesterol.
oooooohhhh i love garlic butter on toast!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't melt the butter, just mash up / chop the garlic, sprinkle of sea salt and bitter, whack it in a pestle and mortar and mash it all up.

You can freeze the left over as VT said, but I just make more garlic bread

I sometimes then sprinkle some chopped parsley in fresh is best but you can get away with dried

Plenty to on there, thanks


Hungry now...

Originally Posted by Von Teese

oh and don't use that 'very lazy' garlic yuck yuck yuck, it's horrible!

that stuff is just awful.. it smells of garlic but doesnt do the garlic taste at all.. i agree yuck yuck yuck

Originally Posted by 7755matt

I sometimes then sprinkle some chopped parsley in fresh is best but you can get away with dried

I thought parsley cancelled out the taste & smell garlic or is that just an old wives tale.

I think its supposed to cancel some of the smell on your breath/skin etc.

Ive never had a problem with loss of garlic taste, but i may be overcomensating t=with the amount of garlic