Roasted Garlic Compound Butter

Roasted Garlic Compound Butter with fresh Herbs- Flavored Butter made with Roasted Whole Garlic Pods, Butter and Herbs- Chives, Cilantro ,Rosemary & Thyme.

Slather is on fresh bread, add it to soups and stews. You can also cook your steaks in it. Make grilled Cheese or a plain old butter toasted bread with it. Or make my easy peesy Garlic Bread in the Air fryer!. It is a very versatile condiment to have in your refrigerator.

I have used this butter to make my delicious buttery Hasselback potatoes in the air fryer. You can also use it to make your holiday turkey or chicken roast.

Just imagine, a thick layer of this garlicy herb butter and chopped up boiled egg on top. There is no other breakfast that can rival this! Sigh!

I am so addicted to this that I can just mop it up like its a dip with some soft warm bread.

The clincher here is the Roasted Garlic! You can tell I am obsessed with roasted garlic! I put it in everything. In fact, I always add roasted garlic to my tomato & Red pepper pasta sauce.If you are looking for a versatile veggie packed sauce then go check it out!

Garlic by itself is such a flavor powerhouse but roasted, it's another thing all together. It's soft, buttery, almost sweet.

You can use this roasted garlic butter to slather over your morning toast, you can whisk it in your eggs while making the french omlette, you can add it to your pastas and bakes. You can also add it to your potatoes when you make mashed potatoes or hasselback potatoes.

Jump to:

• Ingredients
• Equipment
• Making Garlic Herb Compound Butter
• How to Roast Garlic without Aluminum Foil
• Flavors & Variations
• Storage
• Top tip
• What to do with Roasted Garlic Butter
• Roasted Garlic Butter

Ingredients

Here is what you will need

• Garlic
• Herbs
• Butter

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
• 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 off course you can use the baking butter or unsalted butter too. Make sure to add salt while mixing it up.

Equipment

We need an air-fryer. If you are looking to buy one, try the Ninja Air-fryer.

We also need aluminum foil to cover the garlic. If you don't want to use the aluminum foil then check the below section for options.

This whole process can also be done in the oven. It takes longer, about double the time but the process is the same.

Wrap the garlic , 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 its 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.

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. Using a fork, mash and mix it all up.

Check salt and add more if needed.

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 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.

Flavors & Variations

add- ins to choose from

• Make it Hot 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!

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.

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What to do with Roasted Garlic Butter

If you are wondering where to use roasted garlic Butter, I have got you! Here are some easy ways to use your 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. This recipe is 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.
• Serve it in melted form with this Seafood boil recipe

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.

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