Garlic Bread

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1. 1

   Use raw garlic, minced fine

   Mince the garlic as finely as you can, or grate it. Chunks of garlic scorch and turn acrid in the oven.

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   Fine mince or grated. Chopped garlic burns.

2. 2

   Make a compound butter

   Mash the softened butter with the garlic, parsley, half the parmesan, oregano, salt, and pepper until fully combined.

3. 3

   Cut without going through

   Slice the loaf at 1-inch intervals but stop just short of the base, so it stays in one piece and holds the butter.

4. 4

   Push butter into every cut

   Work the butter right down into each slit rather than spreading it on top, so the inside is buttery, not just the crust.

5. 5

   Bake wrapped, then open

   Wrap in foil and bake at 400°F (205°C) for 15 minutes, then open the foil, scatter the remaining parmesan, and bake 6 minutes more until crisp and golden.

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   Wrapped first steams the inside soft; opened at the end crisps the top. Both stages matter.

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