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Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 10 Minutes Servings: 10 |
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This is a compound butter. It can be frozen for future uses. Use it on fish, chicken, steak, vegies,rice or spread it on bread! Ingredients:
2 garlic cloves, minced |
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme |
1/2 cup dried porcini mushrooms |
1/2 cup boiling water |
8 tablespoons butter, softened |
salt and pepper |
Directions:
1. Soak mushrooms in water for 15 minutes. Remove them and squeeze excess water from them. Reserve liquid. Rinse mushrooms to remove any grit and chop finely. Strain liquid through a very fine sieve.
2. In a saucepan simmer liquid, mushrooms, garlic and thyme till reduced to 1 tablespoon of liquid. Cool mixture.
3. Mash the cooled mixture with the butter and season with salt and pepper.
4. Place mixture in a freezer zip lock storage bag making a log inside of bag. Squeezing all air out. Can be frozen up to 1 month. Just take a slice when needed.
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