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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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