Flavoured Butters - Basic Herb Butter Recipe
Its the simple things that really finish a meal off, things like gravy and mashed potato; things that are common to a lot of dishes but which we all take for granted. I love flavoured butters with food - they add a certain a different element of flavour to anything that they are used with and it certainly helps perk up food during the long winter months. So if you have a herb garden or just odd pots of herbs growing then its worth making some of these butters and putting them into the freezer. Examples of this are mint butter for use with peas a dill butter with fish like salmon or parsley butter for potatoes. Tarragon is particularly nice with Chicken: Makes approximately 6 ozs Ingredients: 175g/6oz butter at room temperature 4 tablespoon of chopped fresh herbs i.e. chives,tarragon, mint, fennel, parsley either individually or a selection of your choice Salt and pepper Blend the butter, and your herb or herbs in a mortar and pestle or food proc...