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Roasted garlic butter (Flavour variations with herbs and spices)

Roasted garlic butter (Flavour variations with herbs and spices)- Roasted garlic butter is a compound butter that combines the rich , mellow , deep and savoury notes of roasted garlic and freshness of herbs with the creamy indulgence of butter.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
garlic roasting time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course accompaniment

Equipment

  • oven / air fryer or a pan any one of these
  • parchment paper / or tin foil
  • kitchen twine

Ingredients
  

Roasting garlic

  • 1 whole bulb Fresh garlic bulb
  • 1 tbsp Olive oil Or any oil of your preference

Roasted garlic butter

  • 1 bulb Roasted Garlic Use suggested method to roast the garlic
  • 1 stick Unsalted butter
  • 1 tsp kosher salt or any preferred salt
  • 1 tsp crushed black pepper freshly crushed
  • 1/4 cup freshly chopped coriander
  • 1/4 cup freshly chopped chives

Instructions
 

Roasting Garlic

  • Prepare your garlic for roasting by slicing off the top of the garlic using a sharp knife. Slice the top just as much so that the top of the garlic cloves is exposed .
  • Drizzle some olive oil on the garlic. Put the top back.
  • Cut a rectangle of parchment paper. Crush the parchment paper with hands, to help it stay put.
  • Wrap the garlic clove in the parchment paper. Use a kitchen twine to hold and tie the parchment paper properly so that there is no way for steam to escape
  • Use either of the below ways to roast garlic
    Easy oven roasted garlic- Roasting garlic in the Oven (No foil roasted garlic method)
    Preheat the oven to 200℃ .
    Put the wrapped garlic bulb on the baking tray and roast for about 45-50 mins.
    Air fryer roasted garlic (No foil roasted garlic method)
    Put the wrapped garlic bulb on the air fryer basket and air fry at 200℃ for about 18-20 mins .
    Take out the garlic once done.
    You will know the garlic is roasted when the pods feel tender and soft to touch and turn golden. Let it cool.
    Pan roasted Garlic- Cast iron roasted garlic
    Heat the pan (i use a cast iron pan ) on the hob add garlic cloves. Cover it and keep moving the cloves every 2-3 minutes to ensure the garlic doesn't burn.
    This takes 15-20 minutes on slow heat . Once done turn the heat off and let it rest for 4-5 minutes.
  • Once the garlic bulb or cloves are at room temperature, squeeze the base of the garlic (or cloves) to extract the soft, caramelized garlic pulp.
    If the garlic is roasted correctly the pulp easily slides out of the garlic pods.

Making Roasted garlic butter

  • Gently squeeze out the roasted garlic pulp , and mash a bit with the back of a fork or spoon.This helps evenly distribute the garlic in the butter. This step is optional and you can straightaway squeeze the garlic pulp in the butter and proceed to the next step.
  • In a clean bowl add the butter (room temperature/ slightly soften in microwave if it is still solid), garlic pulp, salt, pepper, finely chopped fresh coriander and freshly chopped chives.
  • Slowly fold in all the ingredients together using a silicone spatula.
    Mix everything till everything is combined together with the butter.
    Make sure there are no lumps and the butter is smooth and creamy in consistency.
  • Taste the butter and adjust salt and pepper if needed.
  • At this stage you can decide if you want to store the butter as is, in a jar or a butter dish .
    Another option is to roll it into log using a cling film (Plastic wrap) or parchment paper (baking paper), and store it in the fridge or freezer to be used later.

Notes

If you use garlic a lot, you can roast 3-4 garlics (individually wrapped ) together to roast depending on the oven and air fryer basket size.
If you do not have parchment paper , you can use tin foil to roast the garlic. Read instructions in the post on how to roast garlic using tin foil.