How to make tomato butter: recipe for a delicious savory snack

Tomatoes are not just an ingredient in a salad or adjika. If you add a few interesting and simple products, you can make an independent appetizer. Fragrant tomato butter is a wonderful dish that can be eaten on its own or served on bread. The taste will pleasantly surprise you.

The idea of making spicy tomato butter was published on the Instagram page of chef Eduard Nasirov (my_happyfood).

Ingredients:

• butter at room temperature - 120 g
• olive oil - 2 tbsp
• fennel seeds - 1 tsp
• tomato paste - 1 tbsp
• chopped garlic - 1 clove

• tomato paste - 1.5 tbsp
• sea salt and pepper - to taste

Ingredients for serving:

• toasted bread
• cherry tomatoes
• parsley/basil

Method of preparation:

1. Heat the fennel seeds in a dry frying pan and then grind in a mortar.

2. Heat olive oil and then add garlic and tomato paste.

3. Add fennel and salt and cook over low heat for about 2 minutes, stirring. Cool.

4. In a bowl, mix the resulting mass with butter until smooth.

5. Transfer to a bowl and refrigerate.

6. Store in the freezer for up to 3 months or in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.