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Kalamata olive herb butter
 
Category: Appetizers
Yield: 1 batch
 

1/2 lbs

Unsalted butter

2 tbsp

Dijon mustard
-- or more to taste

1

Or 2 garlic cloves, pressed

3 tbsp

Kalamata olives
-- pitted and chopped

1

Sprig hyssop or thyme

1/2 tsp

Fresh rosemary

1/4 tsp

Fennel seed
 
Procedures
 
  1. Blend the butter, mustard and garlic until thoroughly mixed and smooth.
  2. Add remaining ingredients and blend to desired texture.
  3. Alley writes: "if you can"t find kalamata olives, any strongly flavored black olive will do.
  4. The finished product is a piquant, delicious butter." from lynn alley"s "herbs in butter" article in "the herb companion." april/may 1993, vol.