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Published: Dec 2, 2022 · Modified: Aug 6, 2024 by chhavi

Roasted Garlic Compound Butter

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Roasted garlic compound butter with fresh herbs- Slather on toast for breakfast or on your steak or fish for dinner!

Breakfast spread on the table with sour dough bread, coffee, blueberries ,roasted garlic compound butter and a cup of coffee

Garlic is a flavor powerhouse by itself, but roasted garlic is another thing altogether. It's soft, buttery, and almost sweet.

The clincher here is the roasted garlic! You can tell I am obsessed with roasted garlic! This butter on plain toast is what my dreams are made of! I can eat it by the bucket!

It's a delicious condiment to have in your fridge. I put it in everything from pasta to eggs to roast vegetables. A small knob of this is perfect for finishing your steak or roast fish.

You can also cook your chicken in it, make grilled cheese, or plain old butter-toasted bread with it. Or make this easy peasy garlic bread in the Air fryer! It is a very versatile condiment to have in your refrigerator.

I have used this butter to make the filling of my hasselback potatoes or in mashed potatoes. You can also use it to make your holiday turkey or chicken roast.

Ingredients

Here is what you will need

Ingredients needed to make Roasted Garlic Butter-mashed Roasted garlic in a white bowl, butter, herbs - rosemary, thyme, chives and cilantro in small bowls

Garlic - In the picture, you see mashed roasted garlic. This is a simple technique to take your garlic from average to being on steroids!

The taste is unrivaled. You can roast the garlic in the oven of do it in the air fryer. I prefer roasting the garlic in air fryer because it's quicker. Plus, I feel guilty of using a giant oven for one or two garlic pods.

Herbs- You can use whatever you have on hand - fresh or dried.

For every tablespoon of fresh herbs, you use ⅓ tablespoon of dried herbs. That's the rule because dried herbs carry a heavier punch.

Here are some of our favorite herbs to use parsley, cilantro,mint, rosemary & thyme garlic chives, and scallions

Butter -Use salted butter to make this. The butter is already evenly salted so you don't have to worry about that bit. But of course, you can use baking butter or unsalted butter, too. Make sure to add salt while mixing it up.

Equipment

We need an air-fryer or an oven to roast the garlic. We also need aluminum foil to cover the garlic. Wrap the garlic and roast at 180C or 365F for 1 hour.

Making Garlic Herb Compound Butter

This will change your breakfast game! I promise.

Here are step-by-step instructions on how to make roasted garlic herb butter.

Step 1: Roast the Garlic

You can roast the garlic in the air fryer or you can do it in the oven. Air fryer method takes only about 20-25 minutes. The oven method takes about 1 hour.

Oven Method

Cut off the tops of the garlic pod. Wrap it up in aluminum foil with a drizzle of olive oil and salt.

Bake it for 1 hour at 180C.Once done, open it carefully.You can also use confit garlic to make this compound butter.

Read here on how to roast garlic in the air fryer in detail.

Step 2: Mash the Garlic

Let the garlic cool before you handle it. Once it's cool enough to touch, squeeze the garlic out of its skin, as shown in the picture.

Mash the garlic using a potato masher or just your fork. Be mindful of the garlic skin. Also, look out for some of the end bits, which can be a little tough and don't mix well with butter. You can remove those bits.

Pieces of roasted garlic in a white bowl along with herbs and a fork.
Butter being mashed into a bowl full of roasted garlic and herbs.

Step 3 : Mix with Butter & Herbs

Chop up the herbs as fine as you can. You can also use a food processor for this. It is especially handy when using hardy herbs like Rosemary and Oregano.

Add butter to the mix. Use a fork, mash, and mix it all up.

Check salt and add more if needed.

Roasted Garlic Compound butter in a white bowl with a fork

Storage

Garlic butter can be made ahead easily. It can last up-to a couple of weeks in the refrigerator. Make sure you store it tightly wrapped up or in an air tight container.

You can also freeze this into little discs or cubes and use it straight from the freezer for hot dishes like soups and stews. It will add instant flavour to these dishes.

Hot Tip

You can freeze the roasted garlic in little ice cube trays. Once frozen, pop them in a freezer bag. You can use it up to 4-5 months!.

Also! If you want a vegan, herby, garlicky dipping sauce, try my new obsession - Bread dipping oil with balsamic and herbs.

I would love to know how you used your roasted garlic butter! Do leave me a note in the comments.

Tried it? I’d love to know! Tag me or drop a comment below — your feedback totally makes my day.

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Roasted Garlic Butter

Roasted Garlic Butter - Flavored Butter made with Roasted Whole Garlic Pods, Butter and Herbs- Chives, Cilantro ,Rosemary & Thyme.
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Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes minutes
Servings: 10
Calories: 110kcal
Author: Chhavi

Equipment

  • 1 Air fryer OR Oven
  • Aluminum Foil

Ingredients 

Roasting Whole Garlic Pods

  • 3 Heads Garlic Pods Whole
  • 2 tablespoon Olive Oil
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 100 Gms Butter ½ Cup
  • ¼ Cup Fresh Herbs Rosemary, Thyme, Chives, Parsley or Scallions

Instructions

Roasting Whole Garlic

  • Preheat the Air fryer at 200 C /400F.
  • Slice the tops off the Garlic.
  • Place it in an Aluminum Foil. Drizzle oil and salt.
  • Air fry for 25 minutes at 200C / 400 F or Bake in Oven at 180C /365F for 1 hour.
  • Open the Aluminium foil with caution. There will be a lot of steam inside.
  • Squeeze the garlic out. Mash it up. Let it cool down before you add the butter.
  • To that add the room temperature butter and herbs.
  • Mash and Mix it all up with a fork.Your butter is ready.

Notes

Storage

The Roasted Garlic butter will keep in the refrigerator for 3-4 weeks.
It can also be frozen and used directly from the freezer. It should last 4-5 months in the freezer.

How to use Compound Butter

  • Slather it straight on a toasted bread! Top it up with anything you want like a boiled egg, roasted cherry tomatoes , burrata.
  • Make Sandwiches or Grilled Cheese!
  • Toast your bread in the compound butter.
  • Add it to marinara sauces to amp up their flavors. Especially if they are store bought.
  • Swap out minced garlic with garlic butter for recipes like Garlic Butter Umami Noodles. These recipes are dangerously addictive!
  • Add it to your potatoes like Instant Pot Garlic Mashed Potatoes or use it instead of minced garlic in making Hasselback Potatoes in the Air fryer.
  • You can also add the butter to to soups and stews.
  • Add it on top of a steak or grilled meat as a condiment.

Flavors & Variations

Add- ins to choose from
  • Make it spicy with Paprika or ground smoked chili. If you are brave, you can also add mashed-up roasted banana pepper or Jalapenos.
  • Add Truffle Oil
  • Add Honey or Maple Syrup to make a sweet & salty version.
  • Switch up the herbs- use herbs like mint
  • You can also add Lemon Juice & Lemon Zest. Also try making this with Orange!

Nutrition

Calories: 110kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 22mg | Sodium: 299mg | Potassium: 44mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 377IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 1mg

How to Roast Garlic without Aluminum Foil

Aluminium foil is used to create a closed atmosphere for the garlic.It sweats the garlic and also prevents it from burning.

You can do the same by using

  • Parchment Paper - but wrap it twice instead
  • Ramakin is covered with a lid. You can use any cake pan to serve as a lid here.
  • Small Dutch ovens.
  • Small cast iron pans with a lid.

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  1. Katie Lindbo says

    January 04, 2023 at 6:24 am

    5 stars
    It looks so tastie I can’t wait to make some an try it!!

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    • chhavi says

      January 05, 2023 at 11:45 pm

      it's so good! Especially if you love bread!

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