This super easy homemade herby croutons recipe is packed with flavours of garlic, rosemary and time. A great addition to all kinds of salads, and soups or as a topping for pasta. Make these homemade herby croutons from your leftover bread and store them in an air-tight container for weeks until you need them.
This recipe is a great way to cut down on food waste and put some extra flavouring into your everyday dishes.
For the croutons you need:
1/3 of a stale baguette
½ a teaspoon of dried rosemary
½ a teaspoon of dried time
2 teaspoons of olive oil
1 garlic clove, minced
A good pinch of sea salt
A pinch of freshly grounded black pepper
How you make the croutons:
Cut the baguette into bitesize cubes and place them on a plate to dry at room temperature overnight, or bake at 50 degrees celsius in the oven until the bread has dried and gotten stale.
Mix the dried bread with olive oil, minced garlic and herbs in a bowl.
Heat a frying pan to low-medium temperature and add the herby bread to the pan. Fry gently, turning the pieces over once in a while until the croutons have tuned golden brow.
Remove from the heat to a paper towel and salt and pepper the croutons.
Let the croutons cool completely before storing them in an air-tight container if saved for later or use them directly on top of a salad or pasta.
Enjoy with summer salads, autumn soups or as a topping on pasta dishes.
