Garlic Butter Sauce

Garlic butter sauce is used to spice up a variety of food items. The sauce is prepared by mixing together the prime ingredients, crushed garlic and melted butter. This unique combination brings out a spicy, pungent flavor in the sauce, which is used as a seasoning or a dipping for bread sticks, pizza crusts or any other bread type products. Some people like using this sauce on pastas, spaghetti, dip shrimp, etc.

However, the flavor varies in intensity and aroma due to different cooking methods employed to make garlic butter cream sauce. But if you are thinking of making the sauce at home and that it can be difficult and time-consuming, then let me tell you that it is one of the easiest sauces to prepare and won't require much of time and efforts. So, without delaying let us learn how to make the sauce, that too in different cooking styles and tastes.

Garlic Butter Sauce Recipes

Recipe 1

Ingredients

• cup butter
• 1 clove crushed garlic
• tbsp dried basil
• 2 tsp dried oregano

Directions

Take a small saucepan and melt butter at medium high heat. Add garlic to it and saute until cooked. Now put dried oregano and basil leaves, stir well until heated through and then serve warm.

Recipe 2

Ingredients

• 4 tbsp Mayonnaise or Miracle Whip
• 1 tbsp butter
• Garlic powder
• Lemon (optional)

Directions

Soften the butter by heating in a microwave or sauce pan for a few seconds. Mix the mayo and melted butter, and sprinkle small amount of garlic powder; stir well. Lastly, squeeze lemon juice and your sauce is ready.

Recipe 3

Ingredients

• 3 tbsp butter or margarine
• 2 - 3 minced garlic cloves
• cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 3 tbsp flour
• tsp pepper
• tbsp nutmeg
• 4 cups 2% low-fat milk
• 1 tbsp salt

Directions

Take a saucepan and saute garlic in butter or margarine. Put flour, salt, pepper, and nutmeg to garlic and butter mixture and mix well to form a roux. Slowly add milk, whisking constantly to prevent lumps and then add Parmesan cheese; stir well. Cook over medium heat, stirring in between until the sauce thickens and then serve.

Recipe 4

Ingredients

• 3/4 pound (3 sticks) unsalted butter
• cup clam juice
• cup dry sherry
• cup whole milk
• 1 tbsp minced garlic
• 1 tbsp minced shallots
• bay leaf
• 1 tbsp unsalted butter
• 1 tbsp flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp white pepper
• 1 tbsp lemon juice

Directions

In a small saucepan, add half quantity of clam juice, sherry, whole milk, garlic, shallots and bay leaf, and cook on medium high heat. Take another sauce pan, add one tbsp butter and heat until it is foamy. Sprinkle in the flour, stirring consistently with a metal whisk and then add the previously prepared mixture to it. Stir the mixture properly and lower the heat to low. Slowly whisk in the butter, 2 tbsp at a time and finally put lemon juice, salt and white pepper. Mix well and if the sauce is too thick, add clam stock. Serve warm.

It is not only easy to prepare but detectable too. Since most of the ingredients are readily available, try preparing the sauce at home and enjoy with your family and friends.