Homemade Garlic Butter

Well, of course I had to start with something simple for the first post!

Until 6-7 months ago, I didn’t even know that garlic butter was a thing.

Recently, I found out that it’s actually pretty simple to make at home with only 2 ingredients-garlic and butter instead of using store bought garlic butter (which is comparatively more expensive).

I LOVE garlic so I figured it was probably better to use garlic butter instead of regular butter while toasting bread and whenever possible!

Ingredients:-

• Softened butter: 50 grams
• Garlic: 2-3 cloves as per taste OR ½-¾ teaspoon of garlic powder
• Salt (only if butter is unsalted)

Method:-

Step 1: Take 50 grams of softened (not melted) butter in a bowl and stir/whisk it a little, just to spread it. To soften butter, leave it outside the fridge for a while until it becomes soft. If you want to heat it, make sure it doesn’t melt.

Step 2: Slightly crush the peeled garlic cloves with the flat side of your knife. (This ALWAYS reminds me of The Half Blood Prince’s tip in Harry Potter- Crush with flat side of silver dagger, releases juice better than cutting.) Chop it into pieces as small as possible.

A very zoomed in picture of the chopped garlic

Step 3: Add the chopped garlic and salt (accordingly)-if the butter is unsalted- to the bowl of butter and whisk for 3-4 minutes.

Aaand that’s it! Surprisingly simple, right? It tasted pretty good too!

If you want to increase the quantity of butter, just increase the amount of garlic/garlic powder you’re using. It all depends on how garlicky you want your butter to be.

If you have any suggestions, please let me know in the comments below!

Happy cooking!
#xoxo