this is probably the daftest question yet but . . .

[lucysmam]

garlic butter . . . do I add garlic to the butter and mix together?

See, I said it was a daft one!

[lilolilmanchester]

yes, you do. You can add herbs too if you like.

[fatzak]

Which bit is confusing you lucysmam? [grin

[BecauseImWorthIt]

Finely chop/puree your garlic, soften your butter and mix the two together.

[lucysmam]

cheers lilolil, I thought so! It just seemed too good to be true.

I am baffled actually that I had to ask rather than just get on with it!

[lucysmam]

pmsl fatzak, yeah I know! it just seemed a bit simple!

I'm getting there, just slowly!

[lilolilmanchester]

what are you making?

[VictorianSqualor]

What are you using it for?
Ilike to add garlic and sage to butter to put in the skin of a chicken.
Yum.

[lucysmam]

It was just for some bread to go with spag bol tonight, rather than buying a garlic baguette, I thought I would try garlic butter on homemade bread

never done that to a chicken Victorian, do you literally just put it under the skin of the chicken?

[VictorianSqualor]

Yeah, I cut the skin eietehr side of the rbeast bone, and make a pocket, then put the butter in, then cook.

It makes the chicken nice and mosit and gives it a nice flavour.

[lucysmam]

oooh, I have a chicken in my shopping this time around, will give it a go! can't be too hard to make a pocket in chicken skin

[VictorianSqualor]

My DD can do it, she is 7.
It's really simple, when you cut a line down the breast bone, just enough to cut through the skin, not the chicken breast, then poke your fingers under the skin.

[lilolilmanchester]

homemade garlic bread so much better than shop=bought IMO

[lucysmam]

Oh, well if your 7yo dd can do it, i'm confident I could too Victorian

lilolil, I have never done it before! Am hoping it's ok!

[lilolilmanchester]

I'd wrap it in tinfoil before you put it in the oven.

[lucysmam]

the bread lilolil? or the chicken?

[lilolilmanchester]

sorry, I meant the bread.

[lucysmam]

thought so, just checking! am off to start it in a few mins, fingers crossed it works out!

[murphyslaw]

you can freeze garlic butter too!

I roll my into a log and wrap in clingfilm. Cut off a slice when needed.

[lucysmam]

cheers murphyslaw, that's my learned something new for today covered! Good idea actually, would save me faffing around in kitchen any more than I already do