Garlic Bread with Bottarga
This is a simple recipe for flavor packed garlic bread that's topped with bottarga, sometimes known as "Sardinian caviar."
Prep Time 5 minutes mins
Cook Time 14 minutes mins
Total Time 19 minutes mins
Course Appetizer, Side Dish
Cuisine Italian
- 1 Loaf French or Italian bread
- 8 Tablespoons unsalted butter (1 stick), softened
- 5 Cloves garlic finely minced
- 1 Tablespoon lemon zest plus more for serving
- ¼ Teaspoon kosher salt
- Fresh Italian flat leaf parsley chopped, to taste
- Bottarga grated, for serving
Pre heat oven to 350 degrees and prepare a large baking sheet.
Add the softened butter, lemon zest, garlic, salt and parsley in a bowl and stir to combine. Taste and adjust salt to your preference, add more parsley etc.
Cut the bread in half longways. Spread the butter mixture over the cut sides of the bread, all the way to the edges.
Bake the bread for 10-12 minutes. Broil the bread for 2-3 minutes, until golden brown and crisp.
Grate more lemon zest over the bread followed by plenty of bottarga.
Slice the bread and serve!
Keyword easy appetizer, easy recipe, quick