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Bacon and Garlic Herb Compound Butter
A comforting bacon and garlic herb compound butter: the recipe for days when you need a nice complement to that hot dish of mashed potatoes or garlic bread.
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 14 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1/2 cup of room temperature unsalted butter (1 stick)
- 2 strips of bacon
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp finely chopped garlic
- 1 tbsp finely chopped dill
- 1 tbsp finely chopped parsley
Instructions
- 1
To crisp up the bacon use the oven. Place the bacon strips in a pan and bake in a 350F oven for 15 minutes. Once the bacon is crisp, chop into small bits.
- 2
In a bowl, combine butter, salt, copped herbs, garlic and bacon.
- 3
Place butter in a small dish or wrap in cling film and set in the fridge.
- 4
This butter will last in the fridge for about 2 weeks and in the freezer for about 2 months.