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Published: Jan 11, 2021 · Modified: Mar 25, 2021 by Kathy · This post may contain affiliate links

Pesto Garlic Bread

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Sliced french bread topped with pesto and cheese.

Tasty French bread topped with seasoned butter, pesto and parmesan cheese is a delicious appetizer or side dish along with your favorite pasta dish.

Slices of french bread topped with pesto and cheese.
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Why make this recipe
Key ingredients
Steps to make
Variations
Pesto Garlic Bread

Why make this recipe

This pesto garlic bread is full of flavor. I love to eat it as a side along with baked pasta or with a Caesar salad. But I also love to eat it as an appetizer along with a nice glass of wine.

This bread has all the necessary characteristics that makes this bread really amazing to me. It 's crunchy, has butter, is packed with a punch of flavor from the pesto and then it's topped with cheese that is just slightly browned.

Eat this pesto bread fresh out of the oven or while still warm. On the rare chance that you have any leftovers, they are actually pretty good the next day too. Just store leftovers in an airtight container at room temperature.

Key ingredients

  • French Bread
  • Pesto - homemade or store bought
  • Butter
  • Parmesan Cheese
A loaf of french bread next to two small bowls filled with pesto and parmesan cheese.

Steps to make

  • Melt butter and add Italian seasoning
  • Slice bread in half and place on a foil on top of a baking sheet
  • Spread butter over both sides of cut bread
  • Spread pesto over butter
Sliced french bread topped with butter and pesto.
  • Place both halves back together forming a loaf. Wrap in foil
French bread being wrapped with foil.
  • Bake in preheated 400 degree oven for 10 minutes
  • Remove from oven and carefully unwrap the foil. Separate both halves so cut side is facing up.
  • Sprinkle on parmesan cheese and return to oven, unwrapped, for 10 minutes
Parmesan cheese on top of sliced bread.
  • Finish under the broiler for 1-2 minutes until cheese is golden brown
  • Remove from oven and slice and serve
Cheesy garlic bread on top of foil on a baking sheet.

Variations

  • Add a sprinkling of mozzarella cheese along with the parmesan
  • If you love garlic, add finely diced garlic to the melted butter along with the herbs
  • Add thinly slice sun dried tomatoes on top of the pesto
  • Omit the pesto and just use the herbed butter
  • Serve with a marinara dipping sauce
Sliced cheesy pesto bread on a wooden board.

If you make this recipe, I’d love to hear about it! Leave a comment below and snap a picture and tag me on Instagram @beyondthechickencoop

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Sliced cheesy pesto bread on a wooden board.

Pesto Garlic Bread

Kathy
Garlic bread topped with butter, pesto and parmesan cheese.
5 from 12 votes
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Prep Time 5 minutes mins
Cook Time 20 minutes mins
Total Time 25 minutes mins
Course Appetizer, Side Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 7 loaf
Calories 475 kcal

Equipment

  • Cookie Sheet
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Ingredients
  

  • 1 loaf French bread (cut in half lengthwise )
  • ½ cup butter
  • ¼ teaspoon Italian seasonings
  • 1 cup pesto
  • 1 cup Parmesan cheese (shredded)

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees
  • Place bread on tin foil on top of baking sheet
    1 loaf French bread
  • Melt butter with Italian seasonings
    ½ cup butter, ¼ teaspoon Italian seasonings
  • Spread butter on both sides of cut bread
  • Spread pesto oven the butter
    1 cup pesto
  • Place bread back together and wrap in foil
  • Bake in oven for 10 minutes
  • Carefully remove foil and separate both halves of bread so the cut side is facing up
  • Sprinkle Parmesan cheese on both sides
    1 cup Parmesan cheese
  • Return to oven, without foil, for 10 minutes
  • Place under broiler for 1-2 minutes until cheese is golden brown
  • Slice and serve

Notes

Variations:
  • Add a sprinkling of mozzarella cheese along with the parmesan
  • If you love garlic, add finely diced garlic to the melted butter along with the herbs
  • Add thinly slice sun dried tomatoes on top of the pesto
  • Omit the pesto and just use the herbed butter
  • Serve with a marinara dipping sauce
 
Nutritional value is estimated at two slices with each half cut into 7 pieces.

Nutritional Disclaimer:

Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and should only be construed as an estimate rather than a guarantee. To obtain the most precise nutritional information in a provided recipe, you should calculate the nutritional information with the exact ingredients you are using when preparing the recipe using your preferred nutrition calculator.

Nutrition

Serving: 2slicesCalories: 475kcalCarbohydrates: 36gProtein: 14gFat: 31gSaturated Fat: 13gCholesterol: 47mgSodium: 969mgPotassium: 86mgFiber: 2gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 1231IUCalcium: 255mgIron: 2mg
Keyword Cheesy Garlic Bread, Cheesy Pesto Bread, Pesto Garlic Bread
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Comments

  1. Ishwarya says

    February 11, 2022 at 5:17 pm

    If you can share the recipes with some step by step photos,it will be helpful for people like me who are very much beginners in cooking

    Reply
    • Kathy says

      February 12, 2022 at 5:26 am

      Yep, and this recipe has exactly that. There are step by step photos above the recipe card. This recipe doesn't require many photos since most of the steps are pretty self explanatory. Good luck and let me know how it turns out!
      Kathy 🙂

      Reply
  2. David @ Spiced says

    January 12, 2021 at 4:25 am

    5 stars
    What an awesome recipe idea, Kathy! We love pesto around here, but combining pesto with garlic bread? That's just pure genius! I'm fairly certain that a loaf of this bread while it's still warm from the oven wouldn't last long in our kitchen! Putting this on the list of things to bake ASAP!

    Reply
    • Kathy says

      January 12, 2021 at 4:39 am

      The smell of the bread baking is amazing and once you pull it from the oven, you just can't resist! Enjoy 🙂

      Reply

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