How To Make Garlic Butter

5 from 3 votes

Garlic butter is a delicious and versatile spread that can be used to enhance the flavor of many dishes. It's easy to make at home, with just a few simple ingredients likeunsalted butter, garlic, parsley, and oregano.

Prep Time5

Cook Time2

Total Time10

Course: Sauces, Side Dish

Cuisine: American, French, Italian, Mediterranean

Servings: bowl

Calories: 736kcal

Author: Elle John

Ingredients

100 g Unsalted Butter
4 cloves Garlic
½ teaspoon Dry Parsley
¼ teaspoon Wild Oregano
Salt to taste

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Instructions

Remove the butter from the fridge a couple of hours before you need it and leave it on the counter to soften.
Peel and roughly chop the garlic. The chopping doesn't need to be precise as the garlic will be blended with the butter.
In an upside-down blender jar, add the butter and the roughly chopped garlic and blend for 20-30 seconds.
As the butter may ashere to the sides of the jar, using a spoon, scoop the mixture and blend again. This process may need to be repeated 2-3 times.
Once the garlic is thoroughly blended in the butter and hardly any pieces can be seen, add the parsley, oregano, and salt.
Give the mixture another blend for 10-15 seconds.
Next, scoop the fluffy garlic butter in an airtight container, and give a quick mix with the spoon if necessary.
The butter can now be used as needed on bread, steaks, mashed potatoes, roasted or steamed vegetables, and many more dishes!

Notes

Room temperature: Depending on the season or location, the butter may need more or less than two hours to soften, so adjust the time you place it on the counter out of the fridge accordingly.
Salted butter: can be used instead of unsalted, but in that case, the additional salt needs to be skipped. Using unsalted butter gives the chance to control the level of saltiness.
Oregano: in this recipe is an extra ingredient that sets this recipe apart from the rest! To prepare a sharing loaf in the oven, follow this method for the best results: Slice the bread loaf into slices; on the work surface, lay down a sheet of foil. Starting with one end of the bread, apply butter on the last slice, then pick the slice next to it and on the face that goes against the butter, apply a couple of drops of olive oil, while on the opposite one, garlic butter. Continue this way until you reconstruct the whole loaf and each buttery side meets an olive oil side, then wrap in the foil and bake for about 7-10 minutes (depending on the oven) at 340* F [170*C Fan Oven].
Fresh Parsley: Fresh parsley [and origano] can be used, however, they will turn the butter green when blending, while the dry leaves won't.

Storage instructions:

In the fridge: This homemade garlic butter can be stored in the fridge in an airtight container for up to two weeks or until the expiry date of the butter, whichever is shorter.
In the freezer: Fluffy garlic butter can be frozen for up to three months in an airtight container or well sealed freezer bags.

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