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                        KALAMATA OLIVE HERB BUTTER

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Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Spreads

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
     1/2   lb           Unsalted butter
   2       tb           Dijon mustard
                        -- or more to taste
   1                    Or 2 garlic cloves -- pressed
   3       tb           Kalamata olives
                        -- pitted and chopped
   1                    Sprig hyssop or thyme
     1/2   ts           Fresh rosemary
     1/4   ts           Fennel seed

  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.  Posted by Cathy Harned.
 


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