Garlic bread. It’s a classic, a family favourite, a well-loved accompaniment to any dish. Try to find a meal that isn’t improved by garlic bread, I dare you.
We all know and love garlic bread in all its wild and wonderful forms. As ciabatta, sourdough, vegan, a baguette, gluten-free, 37p from Lidl – it’s impossible to go wrong. The only reason to avoid the stuff is if you have a garlic allergy (or if you’re a vampire, no judgment here.)
I’m obsessed with it. You’re obsessed with it. Your partner’s Mum’s therapist’s dog is obsessed with it. There’s no escaping the lure of a buttery, garlicky, herby, crunchy, maybe even cheesy baguette to go with the sad student pasta you just made. It levels up dinner, it levels up life.
Make your own if you’ve got extra time. Mix garlic, butter and herbs and lather it over any bread, all bread. Add brie if you’re feeling fancy, and maybe parmesan and cheddar, too. Chilli flakes for an extra kick. A drizzle of honey over the top. Serve with a rich pasta sauce, tomato or cream-based, or just gobble it straight down to appease the little garlic goblin that we all have hiding inside of us (mine’s come out to write this).
When there’s none left in your fridge or freezer and the lasagne is in the oven, there’s no worse feeling – absence makes the heart grow fonder, but the heart is distinctly more disappointed when there’s an absence of garlic bread. Stock up, even if it is only the 37p Lidl baguette. Keep some in your freezer, your friend’s freezer, under the sofa, in your socks – be perpetually overloaded with the meal-saving, drunk appetite-appeasing, cheap-as-chips creation.
Go forth, garlic goblin. Eat your fill.
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