Sauces and Dressings
Maple-Bacon Butter
Maple-Bacon Butter
Packed with the best flavors of breakfast, this butter is great for sweet foods such as waffles, or for savory items such as biscuits or even stirred into a soup like our Root Vegetable Soup (page 30).
Ingredients
- 8tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted
- good quality butter, like Plugra or
- Kerrygold, room temperature
- 2slices bacon, diced and cooked
- through (about 2 tablespoons
- bacon crumbles)
- 2teaspoons pure maple syrup
Preparation
- 1. Insert the chopping blade into the work bowl of the food processor. Put the butter into the
- work bowl. Pulse to soften, and then add the remaining ingredients. Pulse to combine,
- stopping to scrape down as necessary. Once nicely mixed, process on Low for 5 seconds to
- fully combine.
- 2. Remove and transfer to a piece of parchment paper. Form into a log, wrap well in the
- parchment, then cover fully with plastic wrap. Chill until firm.
