Kalamata Olive Herb Butter

Recipe Ingredients

1/2 lb	227g / 8oz	Unsalted butter
2 tablespoons	30ml	Dijon mustard - - or more to taste
1		Garlic cloves - pressed (1 to 2)
3 tablespoons	45ml	Kalamata olives - - pitted and chopped
1 section		Hyssop or thyme
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Fresh rosemary
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Fennel seed

Recipe Instructions

Blend the butter, mustard and garlic until thoroughly mixed and smooth. Add remaining ingredients and blend to desired texture.

Alley writes: "If you can't find Kalamata olives, any strongly flavored black olive will do. The finished product is a piquant, delicious butter."

From Lynn Alley's "Herbs in Butter" article in "The Herb Companion." April/May 1993, Vol. 5, No. 4. Pg. 48.

Source:
Jon McCoy

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