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Gifts from the Kitchen, Tomato Basil Butter

This flavorful butter will brighten up your summer!  Make up a batch to take to the next BBQ or picnic, your host will love having some to stash away!

Roast some tomatoes with some olive oil and salt & pepper

It’s a beautiful thing!

Slide all this yumminess into a dish of softened butter

Add some chopped fresh basil, pesto, or basil paste

A little goes a long way~

Mix it all together and stick in the fridge to set up

Use this on bread, sandwiches, corn on the cob or any vegetables~

We had it on toasted french bread slices

Some were topped with Parmesan

So good!

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Tomato Basil Butter

Course condiment
Cuisine American
Keyword flavored butter, tomato basil butter
Prep Time 20 minutes
Chill 1 hour

Ingredients

  • 1/2 stick unsalted butter softened
  • 20 grape tomatoes
  • 1 tsp basil paste or freshly chopped basil or pesto to taste
  • olive oil
  • salt and pepper

Instructions

  • Put tomatoes on a foil lined baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil and season.
  • Roast at 400 for 15-20 minutes until they burst and are cooked and soft.
  • Mix warm tomatoes with soft butter and basil.
  • Refrigerate at least 1 hour until butter has set. Use on toast, rolls, sandwiches and vegetables.

We ate all ours before I had a chance to play with packaging, but you could put this in a small tub or in a jar

or roll it into a log

and tie it up with a ribbon for giving~

This toast is perfect with just about anything, and makes a great appetizer too

If you make this Tomato Basil Butter for a gift, be sure to make some for yourself!

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