# Cheesy Garlic Bread

This recipe guides you through making the absolute best cheesy garlic bread, starting with roasting garlic and ending with a perfectly broiled cheesy topping.

- Total time: 70 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 loaf Italian bread
- 2 sticks butter
- 2 heads garlic, roasted
- Olive oil
- Salt
- Black pepper
- 2 cloves garlic, fresh
- 1 tbsp freshly grated parm
- 0.5 tbsp smoked paprika
- 3 tbsp freshly chopped parsley
- 2 cups freshly grated mozzarella cheese

## Instructions

1. Cut two whole heads of garlic in half.
2. Place garlic on tin foil and drizzle with olive oil, salt, and black pepper.
3. Wrap the garlic tightly in tin foil.
4. Roast garlic in a 280-degree oven for about an hour and a half.
5. In a bowl, combine softened butter with the roasted garlic (squeezed in).
6. Grate in a couple of cloves of fresh garlic.
7. Add fresh parsley.
8. Finish with freshly grated Parmesan cheese.
9. Add a little bit of smoked paprika.
10. Season generously with salt and black pepper.
11. Cut the homemade bread in half.
12. Spread an even layer of the compound butter on both halves of the bread.
13. Place the buttered bread onto a sheet tray.
14. Bake in a 325-degree oven.
15. While the bread is baking, grate a whole bunch of mozzarella cheese.
16. After about 10 minutes, remove the bread and top with a generous layer of mozzarella.
17. Broil for a couple of minutes until the cheese is melted and bubbly.
18. Serve and enjoy your cheesy garlic bread.

## Equipment

- knife
- cutting board
- tin foil
- small bowl
- sheet tray
- grater

## Tips

- Roasted garlic is mellower, so adding fresh garlic cloves gives it more kick.
- Adding parsley makes it a balanced and nutritious meal.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/@chefzealand/video/7560102624305958174?lang=nl-NL
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/eac2f2d7-0332-4209-a72b-6e850b5e87f5
- Extracted: 2025-10-13

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