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Garlic Bread

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This garlic bread recipe is featured in Dad, What’s for Dinner?, a cookbook by chef David Nayfeld of San Francisco’s popular Che Fico restaurant. “Cheesy garlic bread is about as nostalgic as you can get for me, but it’s also filled with a ton of herbs, delivering something aromatic and green,” says the chef. “This is a great way of subverting your children’s will and getting them to eat something green and herbaceous that is not threatening.” There are a lot of herbs to pick here, which Nayfeld says is great work for small hands. A hit any time of year, the bread makes a delicious accompaniment to a Father’s Day meal.

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Servings 6

Ingredients

  • 8 Tbs. (1 stick) (4 oz./115 g) unsalted butter
  • 18 garlic cloves, peeled but left whole
  • 1 fresh rosemary sprig, leaves picked and chopped
  • 1/3 cup (1/3 oz./10 g) packed fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves
  • Kosher salt
  • 1/4 cup (1/4 oz./5 g) packed fresh basil leaves
  • 2 pinches red pepper flakes (optional)
  • 1 loaf Italian country bread or French bread, halved horizontally
  • 8 oz. (225 g) low-moisture mozzarella cheese, thinly sliced
  • 6 Tbs. grated Parmesan cheese

Directions

Preheat an oven to 375°F (190°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine the butter and garlic and heat for about 10 minutes. Add the rosemary and cook until the garlic is lightly browned but the butter is not, about 2 minutes. Remove from the heat.

Pour the butter-garlic mixture into a food processor and add the parsley, 1 tsp. salt, the basil and red pepper flakes and puree.

Using a rubber spatula, evenly spread the mixture across the bread, from edge to edge but not too thickly (or the bread will be soggy).

Lay the mozzarella over the bread. Evenly sprinkle the Parmesan atop the mozzarella. Set the bread on the prepared baking sheet.

Transfer to the oven and bake until the cheese is melted and golden brown, about 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and eat piping hot, cut into 2- to 3-inch (5- to 7.5-cm) pieces. Serves 6.

Adapted from Dad, What’s for Dinner? by David Nayfeld and Joshua David Stein (Knopf, 2025)

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