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Published: Feb 12, 2024 by Kathy

Roasted Garlic Butter

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Garlic butter in a small dish.

Roasted Garlic Butter is a flavorful butter loaded with roasted garlic and fresh parsley. Use a soft spread on bread or form into a log and once chilled slice into rounds and add to grilled steak, chicken or fish.

Roasted Garlic Butter in a small dish.

Roasted garlic butter two ways

Sometimes the simplest recipes can add an incredible amount of flavor. This roasted garlic butter is one of those recipes.

The garlic is slowly roasted in the oven until it's soft and creamy and then it's added to softened butter along with chopped parsley. That's it! But the flavor is amazing.

You can either use it softened as a spread on bread or add it to a baked potato. But you can also use this butter hardened and sliced into rounds. Then you could add it to your favorite cooked steak, fish or chicken. The butter will slowly melt over the top adding the amazing roasted garlic flavor.

Adding flavorful ingredients to softened butter is called compound butter. Another favorite compound butter I love to make is Cilantro Lime Butter.

Key ingredients

Ingredients for making roasted garlic butter.

This section reviews the best ingredients and substitutions for this recipe. For an exact list of ingredients and quantities, check the recipe card below.

  • Butter - I use salted sweet cream butter. This is the regular butter that you use every day for buttering toast. The butter needs to be very soft, but not melted.
  • Garlic - Use a full head of garlic. If your cloves are on the smaller size, use two heads.
  • Parsley - Fresh Italian or flat-leaf parsley adds amazing freshness to the butter.

Making roasted garlic butter

In this section, I share step-by-step photos, cooking methods, techniques, and a general overview. For detailed instructions, temperatures, and timing, check the printable recipe card below.

  • Roast the garlic in the oven until soft and fragrant
A head of garlic with the top cut off.
Garlic topped with olive oil.
  • Allow garlic to cool and then squeeze out cloves.
  • Mash cloves with a fork.
Squeezing garlic cloves out of a head of garlic.
Mashing roasted garlic with a fork.
  • Whip butter until smooth and creamy.
  • Fold in roasted garlic and chopped parsley.
Softened butter with roasted garlic and parsley.
Whipped butter with herbs in a glass bowl.
  • To form a log, place the butter on a piece of waxed paper or plastic wrap.
  • Pull the waxed paper over the top of the butter. Then use the back of your hand to slide the butter back, which will form it into a cylindrical shape.
Whipped butter on a piece of waxed paper.
Using the back of your hand to shape a butter roll.
  • Once the butter is slightly rounded, twist the ends together.
  • Smooth and shape the log so it is evenly shaped.
  • Place on a flat dish and refrigerate until firm.
Compound butter rolled in waxed paper.
Compound butter in waxed paper.

Recipe tips

  • Make certain your butter is very soft, but not melted.
  • If your head of garlic is on the smaller size, feel free to use two heads of garlic.
  • The refrigerated butter should be used within three weeks.
  • The butter log can be frozen. To use, simply remove from the freezer and slice off the amount you need while still frozen. Return the butter log to the freezer and use the sliced butter as you'd like.

Frequently asked questions

What is compound butter?

Compound butter is butter that has additional ingredients added to it to change or enhance the flavor of the butter.

Variations

Feel free to add your favorite fresh herbs to this compound butter. Some favorites include fresh thyme or fresh rosemary.

You could also add ground black pepper, red pepper flakes, or a sprinkling of smoked paprika.

Serving suggestions

Roasted garlic butter can be used in so many different ways. Some ideas include:

  • Spread on sliced French bread
  • Add to garlic toast
  • Add a dollop or a slice to a grilled steak, chicken breast or fish fillet.
  • Rub on corn on the cob
  • Spread over cooked potatoes
Soft butter with herbs and garlic spread on a small piece of bread.

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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Roasted Garlic Butter

Kathy Berget
Compound butter made with roasted garlic and fresh parsley. Use as a spread for bread or add a dollop over grilled meat or fish.
5 from 9 votes
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 45 minutes mins
Total Time 55 minutes mins
Course Condiment
Cuisine American
Servings 8 people
Calories 123 kcal

Equipment

  • Hand Mixer
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Ingredients
 
 

  • 1 head garlic
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • sprinkle salt
  • ½ cup butter (salted butter at room temperature)
  • 1 tablespoon fresh parsley (chopped)

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350°F
  • Cut the top off the head of garlic to expose the cloves.
    1 head garlic
  • Place the head of garlic on a piece of foil with the exposed cloves facing up. Bunch the foil up to form a pouch for the garlic. Drizzle olive oil over the top of the garlic. Sprinkle with salt.
    1 tablespoon olive oil, sprinkle salt
  • Seal the foil and place in a baking dish. Place in the oven and bake for 40-50 minutes until cloves are soft and fragrant.
  • Remove the garlic from the oven and carefully unwrap the foil. Allow garlic to cool enough to handle.
  • Squeeze the head of garlic so the cloves are pushed up out of the head.
  • Place in a bowl and mash roasted garlic with a fork.
  • Place softened butter in a bowl and mix with a mixer until very smooth and creamy.
    ½ cup butter
  • Fold in mashed garlic and chopped parsley.
    1 tablespoon fresh parsley
  • Serve right away or form into a log wrapped in waxed paper or plastic wrap and refrigerate until hardened (see photos above). Slice and place on the top of grilled meat.

Notes

  • Make certain your butter is very soft, but not melted.
  • If your head of garlic is on the smaller size, feel free to use two heads of garlic.
  • The refrigerated butter should be used within three weeks.
  • The butter log can be frozen. To use, simply remove from the freezer and slice off the amount you need while still frozen. Return the butter log to the freezer and use the sliced butter as you'd like.

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: 1tablespoonCalories: 123kcalCarbohydrates: 1gProtein: 0.4gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.5gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 92mgPotassium: 20mgFiber: 0.1gSugar: 0.05gVitamin A: 397IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 10mgIron: 0.1mg
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Comments

  1. Karen Lancaster says

    February 12, 2024 at 6:30 am

    5 stars
    I used on sourdough bread. Yummy! Will try on a steak next.

    Reply
    • Kathy says

      February 13, 2024 at 4:41 am

      Perfect! Let me know how you like it on a steak! 🙂

      Reply
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