Thursday 16 November 2023

Although although I havent posted in awile,I would like to add a few recipes for the cook who loves a little adventure in the kitchen...and no, I dont mean clearing off the counters to fool around with your paramour! This recipe I just thought up, while wondering what to do with a couple of bunches of cilantro, which i bought to use in butter chicken... I have a few of suggestions of ways you can use the cilantro butter; slatherd on hot corn bread or, in place of regular butter for any kind of omelet, Spanish or herb, cheese, or veggie...so many ideas..or how about Garlic bread? Or Shrimp, suaté till pink in a little oil, with garlic and finished with a little cilantro butter... or on a toasted bagel and cream cheese with a slice of tomato or on a baked potato....the world of flavour for you to be adventurous with! Method: The first thing is to wash the cilantro well,I get mine from a farmmarket so there's usually alot of sand; rinse thouroghly, dry with salad spinner, or a clean dish towel, Into a small food processer, or a hand blender w the chopper bowl: ADD: 1/2 pound salted butter softened, (I microwave the butter under 'speed defrost' for 20 seconds) 1/2 bunch of cilantro, add leaves and stems (remember the stalks need to be trimmed a bit just so you only get the green stem, no brown spots) pulse together in the food proccesser until you have a chopped cilantro mixed well with the butter, butter and cilantro must be thoroughly incorporated. using a piece of cling film, scoop out the butter onto the middle of the plastic wrap with a spatula, in a rough log, wrap the butter and squeeze gently to form a log, roll up the ends like it was a candy. I put mine in the freezer, then I can take a little at a time as desired