I get flats of strawberries at a local farm which carries strawberries from the Niagara region that are everbearing….that means we can still get relatively local strawberries for longer than a month (which is usually how long the strawberry farm I visit carry their berries). But, it’s a bad thing for me because, knowing it will end soon enough, I buy waaaayyy too many than we can consume before they start to go bad (farmers hint: REAL strawberries that are picked at their peak – not like the berries that come from California that are picked green and shipped in gas filled trucks to ripen on the way here – should and will go soft and eventually moldy very quickly). So, I was browsing through some fellow blogger’s websites for some ideas and I came across raspberry butter over at Simple Bites (the cutest mom from Quebec). I thought I could do the same with strawberries and, the last time I made compound fruit butter for a brunch I had, it was a hit. So, why not try again?
Ingredients:
4 tbsp honey
1 c strawberries
1 pound (2 cups) butter at room temperature
1 c strawberries
1 pound (2 cups) butter at room temperature
Place honey and berries in a small sauce pot and heat to boiling while crushing the berries (a potato masher works great!)
Cook to boiling and then transfer to a container to cool
Refrigerate mixture until it is cool (probably for an hour)…hint: why not cook the mixture in the morning while you’re getting lunches ready and then finish the butter when you are back in the kitchen making dinner later? I know, I know…that’s silly…but I think about food all day long. I will make jam in the morning before I have my first coffee but I will also leave the house without combing my hair!
Place strawberry mixture in the food processor and puree
Add butter and process again…
Keep mixing and scraping and mixing and scraping until it is uniform in texture
Have it on toast, or crackers or bagels or scones or pancakes…you get it, right? Put the rest in small mason jars and freeze for a few months…it makes nice hostess gifts too!
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