I bought the butter, now what??

    Compound  butters (French: "Beurre composé") are mixtures of butter & supplementary ingredients, used to enhance flavor, and can be used in the following ways;

~As a Finishing Butter on: Risottos, grilled gourmet burgers, chicken, steaks, fish, escargot, and vegetables from Asparagus - Zucchini!  

~Pan Sear  or Sauté meat, poultry, shrimp, and fish in compound butter before finishing by grilling, baking, braising, or roasting.  Pan fry veggies with our butters -Try frying Tomatoes in them!

~As a Topping on: Baked potatoes, toast, bagels, crackers.  Chipotle lime is great on Corn-On-the-Cob and popcorn!

 ~ Sweet Honey Butters are a great Topping on oatmeal, biscuits, waffles, pancakes, and muffins.

~Turn butters into a Sauce for; crab fish, meat and poultry dishes by adding them to a little wine and/or a broth base.  

~You can finish most white or savory sauces with an extra zing from our butters.

~Bake cookies, pie crust and other sweet desserts with our butters.  When a recipe calls for butter, sometimes savory herb butter makes a great substitution such as our lemon basil butter in a shortbread cookie! Or pie crust

~As a Spread on bread or present butters similar to cheese on a cheese/meat/cracker platter.

~Melt as dressing or drizzle on warm pasta or potato salad.

~Have a "Beurre composé" tasting party.  They make an interesting array of Dipping Butters at your next crab/clam/seafood bake theme party

~Use as a beautiful Garnish on top of potatoes, yams, green veggies at your Holiday Dinner Table.

*Stores airtight in freezer for two months

Bacon Candy

Sometimes you have to Nourish your soul with something like bacon candy...

Here's the recipe I used from Bon Apetit...

Line a rimmed baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper.

Cook bacon in a medium nonstick skillet over medium heat until most of the fat is rendered and bacon is starting to crisp. Transfer bacon to a sieve set over a small bowl; reserve drippings.

Return bacon, 1 Tbsp. drippings, sugar, and sesame seeds to same skillet. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until sugar turns the color of milk chocolate, about 5 minutes. Transfer mixture to prepared baking sheet and use a spatula to spread out evenly; let cool. Break brittle into shards.

Read More http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/2012/03/twice-baked-sweet-potatoes-with-bacon-sesame-brittle#ixzz28FMgEyZA

They suggested using them as sprinkles over twice baked sweet potatoes, which we did but I also thought it would be good to just eat them plain, by the fistful, if you are into that sort of thing.

Are You Nourished?

Get Nourished this fall and pick up a new T-shirt at one of the upcoming markets.  We have Women's and Children's sizes.  Toddler and baby sizes coming in the near future!

Screen printed on 100% Cotton.