Basil Butter

Submitted by Lavender Lynn

"This recipe is from Canada and from All recipes. Posted for ZWT4."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 4
• Serves: 30

ingredients

• 4 garlic cloves
• 15 leaves fresh basil
• 1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground
• 1 cup butter

directions

1. Place garlic, basil and pepper in the bowl of a food processor.
2. Process until the garlic is in small bits.
3. Add the butter, and process just to mix together.
4. Spoon into container, and refrigerate until firm.

Reviews

[Boomette]

This is so yummy. I made half the recipe for the 2 of us. I toasted some bread and put this butter on it and put it back to broil a few minutes. It was so good. And we still have leftover for the next days :) Thanks Lavender Lynn :) Made for PRMR tag game

 

[mailbelle]

Love this! Now I know what I'll do when I have an abundance of fresh basil. Didn't have any fresh garlic in the house so I used a teaspoon of garlic powder instead. Thanks for posting!

 

[bluemoon downunder]

WOW! :) Fabulously flavoursome, SO easy to prepare and an absolute must-try recipe if you love garlic and basil. Since we have a healthy little basil plant at the moment, I made a double quantity, which we've enjoyed so far on BLT sandwiches and in mashed potatoes. I'm looking forward to also using it on pasta. Like Diana #2, I'll be making this regularly to have in the fridge for use at all times. Thank you so much for posting this recipe, Lynn. Made for 1-2-3 Hit Wonders.

 

[Diana 2]

This butter is simply *perfect*. Love the flavour. We had it on three cheese tortellini, which was just heavenly. This would make canned or frozen vegetables spectacular too. Being the end of November, I used basil leaves that I had frozen. Just let them rest on paper towels to absorb any moisture before processing. I also used red peppercorns. We'll be keeping a supply of this in the fridge all the time. Made for the 12 Days of Christmas Recipe Swap. Update Dec 9/08 - Just can't leave this stuff alone. Had it tonight with corn on the cob. Heaven!

 

[Maryland Jim]

Made this for ZWT4. We thought it needed some salt. Had it on mini-bagels, but I think it may work well on baked potatoes.