How to Make a Roasted Garlic Butter Board Recipe

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Butter boards are the perfect way to serve butter in a fun way for any special occasion or party, and the est part is, you can change the flavors around every time. If you are looking to impress your guests at your next party, these tips and tricks to make the perfect butter serving board are going to help you achieve just that.

Butter boards are excellent to serve at any parties, occasions or even on the dinner table for Thanksgiving or Christmas during the holiday season. This can also be a new way to serve butter with warm bread to enjoy as an easy appetizer on football Sunday game day, especially if you are hosting. This can also be a great option for an after work snack after a long day.

This was inspired by my Charcuterie Board recipe on this site, and pairs well with this cheesy garlic bread recipe.

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Ingredients
Instructions
Substitutions
Variations
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How to Store this Butter Board Recipe
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Ingredients

The base of this recipes is a creamy, high quality butter. The toppings on the board can be swapped out depending on your favorite toppings preference, but for this recipe, garlic, olive oil, pepper, sea salt, parsley, chives and honey are used. Serve this board of butter with a delicious, crusty bread of your choice.

creamy butter
garlic heads
olive oil
black pepper
sea salt
fresh parsley
chives
bread or dinner rolls
honey
lemon

See recipe card for quantities.

Instructions

Step 1: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Cut the top of the garlic bulb off. Drizzle with olive oil and add some salt and then wrap the bulb in tin foil. Bake for 30-40 minutes.

spread the butter on to the butter board

Step 2: Soften the sticks of butter in the microwave for 10 seconds at a time and remove before butter starts to melt. Spread the room temperature butter out on a small board using a butter knife or the back of a spoon.

Step 3: Mash the roasted garlic and spread on top of the butter. Add chopped chives, parsley, salt and pepper. Drizzle honey on top and add a little fresh lemon zest.

Step 4: Slice your bread. Serve with the butter board. Spread some of the butter on your bread before enjoying.

Hint: to soften your butter, take it out of the refrigerator about 2-3 hours before creating your butter board. Soft butter is much easier to spread and allows you to make the board more presentable.

Substitutions

Butter - to cut down on salt, use unsalted butter. For extra flavor us salted butter. You can also use a vegan butter if you need a dairy free alternative. Cream cheese can also be used but this will vastly change the flavor
Roasted Garlic - use raw garlic for a stronger, more potent flavor. You can also use garlic paste to spread on top
Bread - swap out for a gluten free bread if you have a gluten restriction. You can swap out different types of bread too. A classic is french bread but sourdough or any other artisan breads pair well also

Variations

Spicy - add a pinch of red pepper flakes, chili flakes or a drizzle of hot sauce. You can also drizzle chili oil on top of the softened butter
Deluxe - add truffle oil and high quality flakey salt for an upscale level of flavor
Cheesy - add parmesan cheese on top of some mozzarella for a cheesy addition. You can melt the cheese and create a cheese sauce for a delicious rendition
Dessert - spread Nutella or peanut butter on the wood board instead of butter and serve with different baked goods or fresh fruit. This is a great way to serve dessert at dinner parties

Equipment

For this recipe, you will need a small charcuterie style board. You will also need a butter knife or spoon to spread the butter. A sharp knife and cutting board are also needed to chop fresh herbs.

How to Store this Butter Board Recipe

You can cover your butter board with plastic wrap and save for up to about a week in the fridge. Some items you add on top of your butter board might not last as long as others so some might need to be removed if you are saving it. You can also wrap the butter up in plastic wrap to save in the fridge and use for different recipes.

These ingredients can be wrapped up in plastic wrap and frozen for up to 2 months.

Top Tip

Scrape the extra butter off of the board and add to a small bowl. Mix in all of the toppings. After that scoop your now roasted garlic compound butter in the middle of a piece of plastic wrap. Roll the compound butter in the plastic wrap in a cylinder shape. Place the refrigerator and you have a simple compound butter recipe.

I love slicing compound butter and adding it on top of our steak once it comes off the grill and is resting before slicing. Depending on the different toppings you add, you can create a variety of compound butter recipes.

FAQ

What is the best kind of salt to sprinkle on top?

I prefer either a flaky sea salt or kosher salt. I prefer a more coarse salt that adds a stronger flavor.

Can I make garlic bread out of this mixture?

Absolutely, if you take butter off of the board and spread it on a french baguette and bake it you will get the best garlic bread ever.

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Pairing

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