KALAMATA OLIVE HERB BUTTER

      Title: KALAMATA OLIVE HERB BUTTER
  Categories: Spreads, Seasonings
       Yield: 1 Batch
  
     1/2 lb Unsalted butter
       2 tb Dijon mustard
            -- or more to taste
       1    Or 2 garlic cloves; pressed
       3 tb Kalamata olives
            -- pitted and chopped
       1    Sprig hyssop or thyme
     1/2 ts Fresh rosemary
     1/4 ts Fennel seed
  
   Blend the butter, mustard and garlic until thoroughly
   mixed and smooth. Add remaining ingredients and blend
   to desired texture.
   
   Alley writes: "If you can't find Kalamata olives, any
   strongly flavored black olive will do.  The finished
   product is a piquant, delicious butter."
   
   From Lynn Alley's "Herbs in Butter" article in "The
   Herb Companion." April/May 1993, Vol. 5, No. 4.  Pg.
   48.  Posted by Cathy Harned.
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