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Tomato Butter: Good On Everything!

quenelles of tomato butter on a grey plate

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Not joking when I say this butter really is good on everything. It's so simple and really is a great use of summer tomatoes.

Ingredients

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  • 300g cherry tomatoes
  • 250g salted butter, softened
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Olive oil
  • Small bunch of basil

Instructions

  1. Add the cherry tomatoes, including the vine if they come on a vine, garlic (keep in the skins), salt and pepper and drench in olive oil to a roasting tin (you want the tomatoes at least half covered) Place in a 180c oven and roast until jammy, around 20 minutes. Drain off the olive oil and use it for salad dressings - or drizzle in cous cous - so good!
  2. Once the tomatoes are cool, add tomatoes into a food processor and squeeze out the garlic in the skins. Add fresh basil and blitz well.
  3. Then add the butter and blitz until smooth and well combined.

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Notes

Tomato butter will keep in an airtight container for 2 weeks. Just make sure to remove from the fridge before using if you are wanting to spread it onto something like bread or a chicken.

Saving the tomato cooking oil: Do not throw this away! Tip it away into a little jar and keep it. I promise you won't regret it, it's liquid gold to use when roasting vegetables, when making a salad dressing, making a sauce. It's so good.