Recipes · inspired by the crusty bread lesson in Ratatouille
Crackly Garlic Bread
Baguette with garlic butter, baked until the crust crackles when you squeeze it. Listen closely.
- Ready in
- 13 min
- Ingredients
- 5
- Makes
- about 12 slices
- Level
- easy
Ratatouille is the 2007 Disney·Pixar movie about a rat who dreams of being a chef in Paris; its ride, Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure, is at Epcot’s France pavilion and Disneyland Paris. This is our own quick, family-friendly version of a dish from the movie or the pavilion, not an official recipe.
In the movie, a cook explains how to tell good bread by the sound of its crust. Fresh crusty bread really does crackle, and kids love checking.
Make it a learning moment: the crust gets crisp because the outside of the bread dries out in the hot oven while the inside stays soft and steamy.
Ingredients
Steps
Kids a child can do this step Grown-up hot, sharp or tricky
- Grown-up Heat the oven to 400°F (200°C).
- Kids Mix the butter, garlic and parsley in a small bowl.
- Kids Cut the baguette in half lengthwise and spread the garlic butter on the cut sides. Sprinkle with Parmesan.
- Grown-up Bake on a tray 7 to 9 minutes, until golden and crisp at the edges.
- Kids Let it cool a minute, slice, and squeeze a piece gently next to your ear. Hear the crackle?
