Cheesy Garlic Bread Baguettes
Here's how to turn shop bought par baked baguettes into some next level mozzarella stuffed garlic bread! It's super easy to make, packed full of flavour & goes with pretty much everything.
Servings: 6 People
Equipment
- Food Processor
- Large Baking Tray
Ingredients
Garlic Butter
- 150 g Unsalted Butter (Softened)
- 30 g Finely Chopped Parsley
- 10 g Grated Parmesan (Plus Extra For Topping)
- 3 Garlic Cloves (Grated/Finely Chopped)
- 2 tsp Lemon Juice
Garlic Bread
- 2 Par Baked Baguettes (See Notes)
- 150 g Low Moisture Mozzarella (Shredded)
Instructions
Garlic Butter
- Add the butter, parsley, grated parmesan, garlic & lemon juice into a food processor, season with salt & pepper then blend until smooth.
- Give the butter a taste to check the seasoning then add more salt & pepper as needed, blitzing again to combine. If you'd prefer a stronger garlic flavour, add more in now as well.
- Transfer the garlic butter to a bowl then set to one side until needed.
Garlic Bread
- Preheat an oven to 200°c/180°c fan (392°c/356°f).
- Use a sharp serrated knife to cut the bread into 1 inch thick slices but don't cut all the way through! Stop cutting when you've cut around ⅔ of the way through the bread. Like when you cut a hassle back potato!It's not a big deal if a slice of bread does break off! Just stick the bread back together.
- Spread a generous amount of garlic butter into each slice/incision, being careful not to break the bread.
- Next, stuff each cut/slice of bread with mozzarella then grate a generous amount of parmesan on top of the baguettes.Don't worry if any cheese is sticking out of the bread, it will melt inside as the bread bakes.
- Wrap each baguette in their own piece of foil, place onto a baking tray then bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes, until the cheese is melty.
- Next, unwrap the garlic bread to expose the top but keep each baguette inside the foil then bake for another 5-10 minutes until the cheese is crisp & golden brown.
- Once cooked, serve the garlic bread whilst it's still warm & the cheese is melty!
Notes
1. To Cook In An Aga - Bake the garlic bread in the roasting oven, on the second from bottom set of runners.
2. Par Baked Baguettes - This garlic bread is made from the par baked baguettes that you can get from the supermarket. If you can't find these though, you could use a French stick instead (cut in half!) then reduce the baking time slightly.
3. Cheese - I used a low moisture mozzarella for my garlic bread as it melts really well! You could swap this out for a different like cheddar or Monterey Jack instead. It's best to shred/grate your own cheese instead of buying pre grated as it will melt better.
4. Garlic Butter - This recipe makes plenty of garlic butter, so if you've got any leftover you serve it with your garlic bread!
5. Prepping Ahead Of Time - This garlic bread can be prepared ahead of time! To do this, assemble the garlic bread then chill it in the fridge for up to 2 days before baking. I'd recommend covering the bread with clingfilm so that your fridge doesn't smell of garlic!