Greek-Style Garlic Bread

This recipe ended up being a total last-minute addition to my Greek Sunday dinner menu. I stumbled across it while searching for other Greek-inspired side dishes, and the second I watched the recipe video, I knew it was happening.

Photo from akispetretzikis.com/

Why? Because it featured feta cheese on garlic bread. Somehow, in all my years of loving both feta and garlic bread, it never occurred to me to combine the two. The idea sounded ridiculously good. Crispy bread, buttery garlic, and salty feta? There was no way I was passing that up.

I stayed pretty true to the recipe with only one small change. The original called for a full tablespoon of chili flakes, which felt a little aggressive for me. I like heat, but I also enjoy being able to taste my food. So I dialed it way back and used maybe about a half teaspoon instead. That ended up being the perfect amount for my taste.

Now, something unexpected happened with this bread. I only used three small garlic cloves, which honestly didn’t seem like much at all. Yet somehow this turned into the most intensely garlicky bread I have ever made in my life. I’m talking next-level garlic. The kind of garlic bread that follows you around for hours afterward.

And honestly? I’m still not sure if it crossed the line into “too garlicky.” Is there even such a thing? 

Greek-Style Garlic Bread

Recipe from Akispetretzikis.com

Serves 10-12

• Loaf of bread
• 2 clove(s) of garlic
• 80 g olive oil
• salt
• pepper
• 1 tablespoon chili flakes
• 100 g feta cheese

Preheat the oven to 240°C (460° F) set to broiler.

Add the olive oil and the garlic finely chopped into a chopper blender, and beat them well until the garlic is completely crushed.

Add the oregano, chili flakes, and 40g feta cheese into pieces, and beat them well until homogenized.

Transfer the whole mixture to a bowl.

Line a baking pan with parchment paper.

Cut the bread into slices and arrange them in the pan.

Brush the bread slices with the mixture, drizzle them with olive oil, and sprinkle them with 60g grated feta cheese.

Transfer the pan to the oven and bake the garlic bread for 5-10 minutes.

Remove the pan from the oven and serve the garlic bread with parsley.