Roasted Garlic Butter

Mellow, sweet, savory roasted garlic butter is delicious spread on toast, pasta, roasted vegetables and meats, mixed into sauces, or on grilled steak, chicken, or fish, and perfect to add to a charcuterie or cheese board with a good baguette!

Why You'll Love This Dish

It's super easy. We have two foolproof roasted garlic recipes you can use as your base: a regular Roasted Garlic made in the oven with moderate heat to avoid any of those bitter burnt edges, and this easy Air Fryer Roasted Garlic.

The butter is versatile. It's amazing on toast, roasted vegetables, roast chicken and other roast meats, grilled meats and vegetables, mixed into mashed potatoes, stirred into sauces, or added to an hors d'oeuvres spread with good quality bread.

You can customize this recipe with different herbs. This would be wonderful with rosemary, thyme, basil, Italian seasoning, Herbs de Provence. You could also make things spicy with some thinly sliced chilis!

And, not sure it even needs to be stated, but it's wildly delicious. Once you've made this, you'll want to keep some on hand for all occasions.

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• Why You'll Love This Dish
• What You'll Need
• How to Make Roasted Garlic Butter
• FAQ
• Variations
• How to Store
• How to Serve
• Expert Tips
• More Recipes You'll Love
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• 💬 Comments

What You'll Need

• Roasted Garlic Use either this Roasted Garlic recipe or this Air Fryer Roasted Garlic recipe as a base.
• Butter It is my preference to use unsalted butter so that I can choose how much salt to add. If you prefer salted butter, go for it! Just omit the salt in the recipe. You can also make your own homemade butter.
• Salt Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt is my brand of choice. It coats food evenly and is less salty than traditional table salt by volume, making it much easier to taste as you go!

Optional

• Fresh Herbs Try rosemary, thyme, basil, Italian seasoning blends, or Herbs de Provence.

How to Make Roasted Garlic Butter

Step One Roast one head of garlic per stick of butter you plan to make using either this Roasted Garlic recipe or this Air Fryer Roasted Garlic recipe. Let cool.

Step Two Take your softened butter and add to a bowl. Squeeze the roasted garlic cloves into the bowl. Mash with a fork until well combined, sprinkling with salt if using unsalted butter. Taste for seasoning.

Step Three Roll the roasted garlic butter in a piece of plastic wrap, tightening the ends. You can use right away or place in the fridge to harden.

Step Four Once the garlic butter has cooled, slice and use in a variety of dishes or as a spread on toast, potatoes, roasted vegetables, or roast meats.

FAQ

Variations

Fresh Herbs This butter is wonderful with added rosemary, thyme, basil, an Italian seasoning blend, or Herbs be Provence. Add the herbs in when you are smashing the garlic into the butter.

Chilis Try adding some very finely sliced chili peppers, like Fresno or serrano chilis, for a spicy kick.

Spices You can mix a variety of dried spices into this butter mixture as well. Try something smoky like paprika or chili powder for a bit of color and flavor.

How to Store

Fridge Store this roasted garlic butter in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days. For softened butter, bring to room temperature before slicing.

Freezer Once you've wrapped the garlic butter in plastic wrap, add to a freezer safe container like a gallon plastic bag, place in the freezer, and store for up to 2 months.

To use, thaw in the refrigerator overnight.

How to Serve

This Roasted Garlic Butter recipe can be used in countless ways. Try these:

Baked Good Prepare your favorite toast and smear with roasted garlic butter. I love this air fryer roast recipe as the base for an amazing crostini or these tasty sourdough bagels.

Potatoes Serve over roasted, mashed, or smashed potatoes.

Pasta Pasta is an amazing way to highlight this roasted garlic butter. Try it mixed into plain noodles with some roasted vegetables, or as an extra garlicky boost to this Aglio Olio e Peperoncino.

Roasted Vegetables This is delicious over roasted vegetables like this Roasted Tenderstem Broccoli or these Roasted Cherry Tomatoes on the Vine.

Roasted Meats A simple half roast chicken would be delicious accompanied by a slick of butter. It would also be wonderful with some cast iron chicken thighs or these air fryer chicken quarters.

Fish This butter is also excellent for fish and seafood. Try it with this grouper recipe!

Sauces This would be wonderful added to a variety of sauces, including in place of the olive oil in this Sauce for Lobster Ravioli.

Soups Try a pat of this butter mixed into your next soup or stew, like this Instant Pot Chicken Stew or this Chicken Pastina Soup.

Tomatoes This would be wonderful over warm roasted tomatoes, like these Air Fryer Tomatoes.

Need dessert? Try these decadent apple pie cheesecake stuffed waffles.

Expert Tips

• Roast your garlic at a moderate temperature or you will risk it turning out bitter.
• Soften your butter. It will be very hard to smashed the roasted garlic cloves into a cold butter straight from the fridge.
• Is your butter a bit bland? Add a pinch more salt and see if the taste improves. Is it too salty? Add a bit more unsalted butter and mix thoroughly.

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