If I'm not using my grandparents' jarred sauce, I'm probably using the marinara sauce from Costco (I think it's called White Linen; it comes in a glass jar). This sauce is so easy because you just have to
heat it up, it tastes great and having it with some fresh ravioli is oh so yummy!
My little one has been asking for garlic bread every day for at least the last week so I decided to make some to go with our ravioli dinner tonight. This recipe makes such a yummy garlic bread and it is so great to dip into the tomato sauce as well.
Ingredients:
1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
1-2 tsp dried parsley (or 2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped)
1 tbsp finely chopped garlic
1 baguette or Italian loaf
1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Stir together the butter, oil, garlic and parsley in a small bowl.
3, Cut the bread into 1" thick slices with a serrated knife. Do not cut all the way through, leaving the slices attached to each other.
4. Gently pull apart the slices and use a pastry brush to butter them with the garlic mixture. Spread the garlic mixture over the outside as well. Sprinkle the outside and between the slices with the Parmesan cheese.
5. Wrap the loaf in foil and bake in the center of the oven for 15 minutes. After that time, open the foil and bake an additional 5 minutes.
Monday, March 14, 2016
Friday, March 11, 2016
Garlic Bread Sticks
If my little one could have pizza and garlic sticks every day, she would. Whenever we ask her what she wants, that's her answer, followed by the cutest smile and a "please please please please please." Fridays during Lent we are abstaining from meat, so veggie pizza is always an easy fix for a Friday night dinner.
The dough recipe that I use can be found here (from a previous post): Quick Pizza Dough. I let the dough rise a little longer, probably 20-30 minutes. This gives me enough dough to make two round pizzas. One dough I use for my pizza and the other one I use for the bread sticks.
On a side note, this is such an easy recipe to get little hands involved. My daughter helped me mix the dough, roll the dough, put on the toppings of the pizza and brush the bread sticks. Her hands were really the ones that made our dinner tonight!
Ingredients:
half of my dough recipe (see above)
2 tbsp melted butter
1 tbsp olive oil
2 cloves garlic, finely minced
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp Italian seasoning
salt and pepper to taste
1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup grated mozzarella
Directions:
1. Roll out the dough into a circle. Grease the pizza pan with butter and spread the dough into the pan.
2. Combine the butter, olive oil and garlic into a small bowl.
3. Sprinkle the dough with salt and pepper to season. Using a pastry brush, spread the garlic mixture over the dough, covering it entirely. Sprinkle with Italian seasoning.
4. Top with your cheeses.
5. Bake in a preheated 500F oven for approximately 10 minutes.
6. Remove from oven, let sit for a minute or so then cut into strips and serve (with your favourite marinara or dipping sauce if you like!).
Notes: We normally just sprinkle Parmesan on our bread sticks because we don't like them as cheesy. If you are baking the bread sticks with your pizza, then you will have to adjust some of your settings. Normally I bake my pizza at 425F, so I place the garlic sticks in the top rack to cook at the same time. I normally bake the pizza first and then start on the bread sticks. If you do the same thing, the breadsticks will probably be in the oven for about 10 minutes. After you take out the pizza, place the breadsticks in the bottom rack and raise the temperature to 450F. Bake it for another 5-10 minutes, until it is golden brown.
The dough recipe that I use can be found here (from a previous post): Quick Pizza Dough. I let the dough rise a little longer, probably 20-30 minutes. This gives me enough dough to make two round pizzas. One dough I use for my pizza and the other one I use for the bread sticks.
On a side note, this is such an easy recipe to get little hands involved. My daughter helped me mix the dough, roll the dough, put on the toppings of the pizza and brush the bread sticks. Her hands were really the ones that made our dinner tonight!
Ingredients:
half of my dough recipe (see above)
2 tbsp melted butter
1 tbsp olive oil
2 cloves garlic, finely minced
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp Italian seasoning
salt and pepper to taste
1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup grated mozzarella
Directions:
1. Roll out the dough into a circle. Grease the pizza pan with butter and spread the dough into the pan.
2. Combine the butter, olive oil and garlic into a small bowl.
3. Sprinkle the dough with salt and pepper to season. Using a pastry brush, spread the garlic mixture over the dough, covering it entirely. Sprinkle with Italian seasoning.
4. Top with your cheeses.
5. Bake in a preheated 500F oven for approximately 10 minutes.
6. Remove from oven, let sit for a minute or so then cut into strips and serve (with your favourite marinara or dipping sauce if you like!).
Notes: We normally just sprinkle Parmesan on our bread sticks because we don't like them as cheesy. If you are baking the bread sticks with your pizza, then you will have to adjust some of your settings. Normally I bake my pizza at 425F, so I place the garlic sticks in the top rack to cook at the same time. I normally bake the pizza first and then start on the bread sticks. If you do the same thing, the breadsticks will probably be in the oven for about 10 minutes. After you take out the pizza, place the breadsticks in the bottom rack and raise the temperature to 450F. Bake it for another 5-10 minutes, until it is golden brown.
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| We left this one in a little too long, so it was a bit dark and on the crunchy side, but still tasted delicious! |
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