This is just a delicious snack or you can eat it with pasta. It’s a twist on typical garlic bread involving a bit of lime zest and juice.
I’m a little obsessed with Panera’s sourdough bread. I need to have a loaf in my kitchen at all times. Most times I’ll just eat a slice with some butter, but when I want a change I make this. It takes a little time but it’s totally worth it.
Take one clove of garlic and mince it. For this piece I chopped it in slices, but I think I prefer this bread when I mince it. To really get all of the juices out of the garlic, sprinkle about half a teaspoon of salt on top of the minced garlic and using the side of your knife to turn it into a paste. Press down with the side of your knife and drag it across the garlic.
Zest a piece of lime if you have a zester. If not, you can use a knife to scrape off the green outer part of the lime and then chop the pieces of zest finely. If you opt for this method, try only to get the outer green layer and not the white. The white part is bitter; the green holds the oils that will give you the lime flavor.
Take some butter and fold the garlic paste and the zest. Add some pepper and a little salt (if you’re using unsalted butter or if you didn’t use salt as an abrasive to paste the garlic). Spread it on a slice of sourdough bread about 1/2 to 3/4 inches thick.
Pop the bread into a toaster oven (if you don’t have one, use a broiler) and toast as you would a normal slice of bread. A vertical toaster will let all of the butter, garlic and lime zest fall off the bread and it’ll burn in the bottom of the toaster.
When it comes out of the toaster, give it a squirt of lime to add some of the acidity and enjoy!
Currently Cooking To:
Katie Todd – The Polite
Katie Todd – Face Down
This girl is impossible to find on the internet. There are very few blog posts about her so I’ve had a lot of trouble tracking down her songs. I save up my iTunes credits to buy her songs because I just cannot find them anywhere else. Anyway, Katie Todd is just fantastic. I found her via Pandora on my Rilo Kiley radio station. She’s on par with Ingrid Michaelson, Jenny Lewis, and Mirah. A little rock, a little indie, a little piano-playing singer/songwrite. I’m hoping that you enjoy these songs as much as I do and that this makes finding her music online a little bit easier. Enjoy!!
Tags: bread, Face Down, garlic, Ingrid Michaelson, Jenny Lewis, Katie Todd, Lime, Mirah, Panera, paste, Rilo Kiley, sourdough, The Polite, zest
November 24, 2009 at 6:18 pm |
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