One of my main reasons for growing herbs is to make this AMAZING butter. It is seriously addiciting and very simple to make so dont let the long list of ingredients deter you, because it is most definitely worth it to have in your fridge or freezer!
I was extreamly excited when I realized my herbs had grown enough that I could make a batch of butter, as I’ve been out of it for about a month or more now š³. So a bit more on this butter… it is amazing on any and all meat or meat alternatives as well as on any type of vegetables. I essentially use it any time would as a fat such as when I’m softening up onions and carrots for a soup or stew seriously its amazing on everything, and a huge bonus it freezes so incredibly well! When I first made it I rolled it in a log but that was a bit teadous to cut off a chunk when I wanted to use it, that with the second batch I ended up piping it on a sheet of parchment paper into coins and let it freeze overnight then tossed all the butter coins into a freezer bag, so much faster to just grb one or two coins when you want to add more flavour to something rather then to start chipping away at a frozen log of butter.
Herbed Butter
An amazing explosion of flavour that can be added to any dish.
Ingredients
*Use fresh herbs when possible
1 lb butter, softened
2 tbsp tomato sauce
1 tbsp dijon mustard
1 tbsp capers
4 tbsp shallots, finely chopped
4 tsp parsley, finely chopped
1 1/2 tbsp chives or green onion, finely chopped
3 tsp basil, finely chopped
1 1/2 tbsp tarragon, finely chopped
1 large clove garlic, crushed
1/2 tsp smoked paprika
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp cayenne
1/4 tsp curry powder
1 1/2 tsp Worcestershire Sauce
Juice of one lemon
Directions
Put all ingredients except for the butter into a blender or food processor and blend until all ingredients are chopped into small pieces and blended well. In a bowl or food processor add the butter and mix until fully combined. Put into a piping bag and pipe into coins onto parchment paper on a cookie sheet and freeze for a few hours until fully frozen. Once frozen put into a freezer bag and keep in the freezer until you want to use it.
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