Bread can replace a full meal. Any flour product contains the ingredients necessary for the body that can satisfy hunger and give energy. The product is prepared from any cereals, beans, buckwheat, corn, modern bakers put all kinds of additives in loaves and rolls that change not only the taste of the product, but also its calorie content and energy potential.
Popular garlic bread, the recipe of which was developed in Italy and France, is made from different raw materials. The incredible taste of garlic and the magical aroma of bakers are obtained by adding chopped garlic and garlic juice directly to the dough of the future baguette. However, in modern production and homemade methods for making garlic bread, there is another way to get a flavorful product. The housewives heat the butter in a steam bath, add garlic, passed through a press, salt and spices, grease the already prepared loaf with this mixture and send it to the oven until a ruddy fragrant crust forms.
Useful properties and harm
Garlic bread is high in calories, like all baked goods. The benefits of this product for the body are obvious, it contains fiber, healthy carbohydrates, and many essential amino acids. It is able to regulate the activity of the gastrointestinal tract, influence the choleretic processes in the body, the liver, and cholesterol levels. Lysine from bakery products has an excellent effect on the condition and health of the skin, improves blood formation and metabolism. Black bread also helps to remove toxins, toxins and decay products from the body.
Garlic white bread has a calorie content of about 323 kilocalories per 100 grams of product, black garlic bread is healthier in this regard – it contains only about 190 kilocalories for the same piece weight. Many people love croutons and croutons made at home from garlic bread. These are really very tasty dishes, however, their calorie content often just rolls over, so it is strictly forbidden to eat them for those who are on a diet and trying to lose weight. For example, garlic croutons from black bread contain 270 kilocalories, and from white bread as much as 390 kilocalories. Oil and eggs used to make croutons add not only taste to the product, but also excess calories. Black bread garlic croutons are slightly less high-calorie and very healthy. They help get rid of constipation, contain vitamins B, H and PP and are the basis of many diet menus.
This product contains a lot of phytoncides that come from garlic, a balanced and rich vitamin and mineral complex. From a simple baguette with garlic, a person receives a full range of B, E, H, PP vitamins, amino acids, minerals such as magnesium, manganese, potassium, calcium, molybdenum, sulfur, iodine, phosphorus and many others.
The bactericidal properties of garlic bread are known to many. Not everyone can eat garlic in its pure form, but a delicious fragrant bun is another matter, which will protect against viruses, strengthen the immune system, become an addition to the main treatment after various surgical interventions, and even prevent the occurrence of oncological diseases.
The negative properties of the product, in addition to high calorie content, experts attribute the bad effect of garlic bread on tooth enamel, the endocrine system and the development of diabetes. The most useful varieties are bran and rye types, however, if you consume a moderate amount of any bread, there will be no particular harm to the body. All negative properties are manifested only with excessive abuse of garlic bread.
How to use the product
Garlic bread can be eaten with almost everything. The first courses will only benefit if, in addition to them, fresh garlic bread is served – black or white, croutons or crackers. Very often the product is used with second courses. The taste of potatoes or meat will become much sharper and richer if you season the dish with garlic bun. You can also eat such a baguette on your own, preparing all kinds of sandwiches and sandwiches based on garlic bread. Snacks based on this product are also popular – garlic bread is served with beer even in bars and restaurants as an addition to a foamy drink. Many people cook garlic croutons from black bread for beer at home, for this it is enough to cut a rye loaf into small sticks, pour garlic butter, sprinkle with spices and fry the pieces in a pan. In many European countries, a popular snack is served for breakfast in many hotels – garlic tortilla is complemented by gorgonzola or any other curd cheese, sprinkled with basil, parsley, oregano, complemented by cherry tomatoes and sprinkled with grated parmesan on top. The finished sandwich is sent to the oven for 5-7 minutes, and then served with citrus fresh juice.
Home cooking methods
Fans of garlic bread prefer to cook the product on their own so that they can vary the degree of frying of the crust, filling and choose a set of spices to their own taste. There are many ways to make garlic bread at home. The product is prepared in a pan, in a bread machine, in an oven and even in a slow cooker. In the microwave, you can make croutons from black garlic bread in just a matter of minutes. It all depends on whether the loaf needs to be baked or just adding garlic to the finished loaf is enough.
To cook classic white garlic bread in the oven, you need to mix several types of flour (it is better to dilute wheat flour with corn flour), steam dry yeast, add salt, sugar and olive oil. Place the dough in a warm place until it rises. After the dough has risen, it is rolled out, oiled, sprinkled with crushed garlic and herbs. If desired, various fillings can be added to the finished cake – tomatoes, olives, cheese, mushrooms and much more. The dough with all the ingredients is cut into thin strips and rolled up, and then laid out on a baking sheet greased with olive oil. The cake is baked in the oven for about 50 minutes.
This recipe for making garlic bread is also suitable for cooking in a bread machine. In this case, the ingredients are added to the dough immediately and the finished mass is laid out in the prepared form without rolling and cutting.
Favorite black bread garlic croutons can be prepared from a purchased product. It is best if the loaf lies for 2-3 days and dries a little, then the croutons will turn out to be the most delicious and healthy. This dish is easy to cook in a pan in just a few minutes. To do this, cut the rye bread into cubes of the required length and thickness, melt the butter in a water bath (it is possible to use olive oil or any other vegetable oil), add finely chopped garlic to the oil and let the oil brew for about 30 minutes. Then the oil is poured into the pan and the prepared sticks are laid out on top. First, the croutons must be turned over several times so that more garlic sticks to them, and after the dish begins to brown, leave it on low heat for a few more minutes. The perfect croutons are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.
Spices, the amount of oil and garlic can be varied so that the croutons turn out exactly the way the chef wanted.
The recipe for garlic bread for beer may be identical to the recipe for croutons, and may differ from it in some points. First, many people like to drink beer with salty snacks. This means that the bread or toast needs to be heavily salted before being baked or fried. Secondly, sometimes you want to add variety to appetizers, so neutral croutons are baked, and garlic sauce based on olive oil or mayonnaise is already prepared for them.
One of the most delicious snacks for beer is garlic croutons with cheese in the oven. They are prepared as follows:
- Slices of Borodino bread are salted and sprinkled with garlic juice. It is important to pass the garlic through a press so that as much juice as possible comes out, since the pulp will not participate in the dish.
- The soaked slices are folded into a pyramid for better impregnation and left for 15 minutes. After that, the garlic pulp and excess salt are shaken off the slices to avoid burning these products.
- Pieces of soaked bread are laid out on a baking sheet of an oven preheated to 180 degrees. The dish is baked for 4 minutes, then the croutons are turned over and put in the oven for another 2-3 minutes.
- Processed or any hard cheese is rubbed on a grater. Very tasty croutons with garlic are obtained under parmesan. Ready-made croutons are sprinkled with cheese and placed in the oven again for 1-2 minutes.
Garlic bread in the oven, the recipe for which can be found in any cookbook or on a specialized website, can always be slightly modified to make the product less nutritious and more dietary. There are also special recipes for yeast-free rye garlic bread in a bread machine. It will require wheat flour, soda, kefir, semolina, baking powder, pumpkin and flax seeds, dry garlic, salt and oil. Garlic bread in a bread machine is prepared much easier due to the fact that all the ingredients are mixed together at once, and not in stages, and the dough is completely poured into the oven mold.
Many housewives know the secrets of how to make garlic bread more tender and airy at home. Some experts advise adding processed cheese directly to the dough in order to minimize the amount of yeast, someone thinks that it is better to cook not croutons, but croutons. If you fry or bake pieces of toast or crackers without oil, then the calorie content of the dish will be much lower. Cheese-garlic bread can be cooked on the basis of white and black bread, in a pan and in the oven. Spices and herbs added to a fragrant product can be either fresh or dried.
The usefulness and simplicity of garlic bread allows you to use this product in almost every menu, including dietary ones. The main thing to remember is that any food is good in moderation, and if you eat bread with garlic butter or a crust, then you will have to level it with active sports and the rejection of other high-calorie foods.