Top 5 supermarket garlic breads rated | Taste Test Kitchen
There is something about the fluffy, buttery goodness of supermarket garlic bread that you just can’t beat. Here are Taste Test Kitchen’s favourite picks.
From classic garlic bread baguette to a gourmet herb butter-filled ciabatta that’s soft on the inside and crispy on the outside, sometimes it can be hard to decide which garlic bread to buy.
So before you next hit the shops, read these reviews from Taste Test Kitchen’s Marina Karris to help you choose the best one for you.
Who doesn’t love a piece of buttery golden garlic bread (with a little bit of crunch)? There is something about the fluffy, buttery goodness of supermarket garlic bread that you just can’t beat.
This humble and much-loved side goes hand-in-hand with soups and casseroles for mopping up every last bit of sauce. My deep love of garlic bread has led me to sample all of the supermarket garlic breads and bring you my top picks.
(Side note: When compiling our expert food reviews, we take multiple factors into consideration such as the flavour, texture, value for money, ingredients and ease of cooking/preparation to provide you with our top picks.)
Coles Kitchen Garlic Bread Baguette, $2.90
“A classic white baguette with a generous garlic and parsley filling. Get two loaves for the price of one with this twin pack. This traditional garlic bread is super soft and is for the true garlic lovers. It’s a budget winner too that serves 10.”
La Famiglia Traditional Garlic Bread, $4.50
“Made with soft butter, fresh garlic and delicious parsley. This golden crusty garlic bread is ready in eight minutes. The garlic butter slathered on this bread has a salty finish, really enhancing the flavour.
“This is the pick if you prefer yours with a little less garlic. Plus, the loaf is sliced lengthways, so you can cut your own pieces as big or as small as you like.
“This one is my favourite for regular weeknight garlic bread – it went perfectly with a spag bol.”
Creative Foods Garlic Bread, $4
“At only $4, this is one of the more affordable garlic breads on the market … and it’s also got that retro vibe (you know, the type of garlic bread that would have been served up at your local pizza place circa 1994.)
“We love that this Aussie-made garlic bread uses real butter and has no artificial colours or flavours – it therefore has a great natural garlic flavour.
“It also toasts nicely in the oven and has that perfect crust-to-fluff ratio. However, it is fairly small and denser than the other garlic breads we reviewed.”
La Famiglia Stone Baked Sourdough Garlic Bread, $7
“Authentic stone-baked garlic sourdough, generously garnished with pure butter, fresh garlic and parsley.
“With nothing artificial, this stone-baked sourdough is the closest thing to homemade. With a whopping 9 servings, it’s the ideal boujee loaf to whip out at dinner parties.
“For flavour, buttery-ness and crunchy-to-gooey ratio, this one has to take the garlic bread crown for me.”
Coles Finest Garlic Bread Ciabatta, $4
“Hand shaped stone baked ciabatta, fermented for 24 hours for a light, airy texture and filled with garlic butter.
“Made with 90 per cent Aussie ingredients, this ciabatta is definitely up the top of our lists. With a very reasonable price tag, the crunchy ciabatta works so well as the base of the buttery garlic bread.”
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How do I make garlic bread better?
Level up your garlic bread by starting with a good loaf of bread (baguette preferred), top with a garlic butter mix that is well seasoned with herbs added.
If you are feeling fancy, upgrade the garlic butter mix by adding a spoon or two of pesto or some finely chopped sun-dried tomatoes.
It goes without saying that cheese makes everything better, from mozzarella, to parmesan, just top the loaves and grill.
Taste foodie experts recommend chopping garlic bread coarsely to make delicious croutons or topping the loaves with tomatoes and basil to create a flavour-packed bruschetta. Or, for a quick and healthy option, rub toasted sourdough with cut garlic for a quick and healthy option.
What goes well with garlic bread?
Saucy dishes and garlic bread go hand-in-hand. Think soups, stews, bolognese or lasagne and use the oozy bread to mop up any last bit of sauce. Or if you are feeling creative, check out the inventions we made with the humble loaves here.
Is garlic bread French or Italian?
Surprisingly, neither French nor Italian, garlic bread was actually created in the United States and is a typical Italian-American dish. With roots from 15th century Italy, stemming from bruschetta, you won’t typically find this delicious invention in Italy.
How do you make garlic bread?
All you need is bread, butter, garlic and parsley to form the basis of the more-ish loaf. Simply make deep cuts in a French bread stick (baguette), making sure you don’t cut all the way through.
Spread the cuts evenly with butter mixture (softened butter, crushed garlic, salt and chopped continental parsley). Then wrap the bread in foil and bake until the bread is crisp.
Check out some of our garlic bread recipes here:
Why do you wrap garlic bread in foil?
Is garlic bread even garlic bread without a crispy outside and perfectly fluffy inside? We can all agree that the first bite must be the combo of a crispy, chewy outside with a fluffy inside.
Wrapping the bread in foil enables the bread to cook evenly and create a perfectly fluffy, melted inside, crispy edges, while not burning the outside.
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