Garlic Fingers — Print Recipe — The Culinary Codex

A beloved Maritime Canadian snack of pizza dough brushed with garlic butter and topped with melted mozzarella cheese, cut into strips, and served with donair sauce.

Ingredients

1 lb pizza dough (store-bought or homemade)
1/4 cup butter, melted
6 cloves garlic, minced
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
1 tbsp dried parsley
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk (for donair sauce)
1/4 cup white vinegar (for donair sauce)
1/2 tsp garlic powder (for donair sauce)

Instructions

1 Preheat the oven to 425°F (220°C) and stretch or roll the pizza dough into a large rectangle on a greased or parchment-lined baking sheet.
2 Mix the melted butter with the minced garlic and dried parsley, then brush this garlic butter generously and evenly over the entire surface of the dough.
3 Sprinkle the shredded mozzarella cheese evenly over the garlic butter, covering the dough completely from edge to edge.
4 Bake for 12 to 15 minutes until the cheese is bubbly and golden in spots and the edges of the dough are crispy and lightly browned.
5 While baking, make the donair sauce by whisking together the sweetened condensed milk, white vinegar, and garlic powder until thick and creamy.
6 Cut the baked garlic fingers into long strips, serve hot with the donair sauce for dipping, and enjoy this quintessential Maritime Canadian treat.

Did You Know?

Garlic fingers are a Maritime Canadian invention that most of the rest of Canada has never heard of, and in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick they are ordered more frequently than actual pizza at many shops.