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Croutons Recipe : Make Your Soups & Salads More Tasty!

Croutons are great companion of salads, soups and pastas. Dip them in soup or crush them on Salads it will enhance the taste and give you a nice crunchy feeling. They are easily available in market in ready made from. But as I always say homemade things are always better and special.

Croutons

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  • Recipe Category: Extra

Description: Croutons is mostly prepared form stale bread but fresh bread is also used.

Croutons are pieces of bread which is roasted. It can be prepared in various ways :-

  • in oven
  • roasted in a pan.

Ingredients Required for Making Croutons :

  • Bread – 4 slice
  • Melted Butter
  • Garlic – 4-5 cloves ( optional)
  • Mixed herbs dry (optional)
  • Olive oil -2 tbsp ( for pan method)

Method of Making Croutons :

  • Cut bread in the shape of cubes.
  • Crush garlic very finely
  • Removing the crust of bread is optional. It depends on your choice .

1) IN OVEN :

  • Preheat oven at 350 degree.
  • Now brush the bread cubes with melted butter on both sides.
  • Apply garlic paste on above side
  • Sprinkle dry herb powder on it
  • Arrange on a cookie sheet .
  • Now bake for 15 mins at 350 degree or until brown .
  • Take out of oven let it cool.
  • Now store in a air tight container.

2) IN PAN :

  • Cut the bread in cube shape.
  • Now take a bowl. Add butter , olive oil , garlic, herbs to it and mix properly
  • Now take another bowl add bread to it. Pour the mixture of oil and herbs on the bread and mix properly so that the bread are seasons nicely.
  • Now take a pan add some butter to it. Now put the bread in it and roast until brown and crispy.
  • Keep tossing the bread until brown and crispy.
  • Take it on a plate and let it cool.

Additional Information:

  • Calories: 185 calories
  • Total Time: PT25M
  • Serves: 5
  • Date Published:

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Remarks

  • Time of cooking is 20 minutes.
  • Garlic and herbs are optional you can make simple version also.
  • Now a days garlic butter with herbs is available in the market that can also be used. It makes the work easy.
  • If you don’t have Olive oil only butter can also be used.


Image Credit : Wisegeek