Black and white garlic bread

Method

• step 1

  Mix 50g of the butter with the crushed fresh garlic cloves to make the white garlic butter.

• step 2

  Mix 50g of the butter with the black garlic cloves to make the black garlic butter. The black garlic should be jelly-like and spread easily but you can chop it first.

• step 3

  Toast the bread under a gentle grill.

• step 4

  Spread half the toast with white garlic butter and half with black garlic butter. On rectangle bread divide the butter by a corner-to-corner (diagonal) line.

• step 5

  Return to the grill until the butter is melted and the white garlic has cooked a tiny bit.

• step 6

  Cut the black and white garlic bread slices in half diagonally in the opposite direction to which you spread the bread.

• step 7

  Serve the black and white garlic bread slices with Italian food. The sharp white garlic butter gives a tangy flavour whilst the balsamic flavour of the black garlic butter makes an unusual contrast which complements tomato sauces particularly well.