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[hellkat]

For reasons not currently available for public information purposes, I found myself in temporary ownership of a small amount of exotic dried-parsley-appearing stuff which was surplus to normal hellkattish requirements.

And I thought I would make some flavoured butter for cooking with later on (maybe scones, muffins ......... brownies).

But apparently I was supposed to grind it up first.
(a) I didn't know this, and
(b) I don't actually own a grinder.

(normally I consume so little of this exotic parsley that I just snip it into little bits with a pair of nail scissors)

I also added about 50ml of oil which I thought might save it from overcooking too quickly, cos I know how quickly butter can burn.

So my Q's were going to be these:

* Will it not be as strong cos I didn't grind it?
(it's only small bits and pieces anyway, that would probably fall to dust in 3 or 4 more days. There might be a small twig in there, not even the size of a matchstick.

* Will cooking it longer make it stronger?

HOWEVER ... whilst I have been typing this out, I left it on the cooker (on lowest gas possible, dudes) and now it is kind of brown. I think its burnt, as it appears to be more brown than the cheery green I understand it is supposed to turn.

In these frustrating circumstances*, what might I use it for?


* I am more annoyed about wasting the best part of 200g of butter than the less than 0.25oz of parsley-appearing herbal additions.
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[hellkat]

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[stinkwheel]

[hellkat]

That is a very attractive garlic plate.

I usually just crush garlic with salt/bladeofknife, actually.
And I have a tiny nutmeg grater which also works well for ginger.

But for grinding purposes, I may give such a plate some serious mind when I next pass an establishment purveying similar charmingly naive crockery.

(if I don't buy a pestle and mortar before then )
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[temeluchus]

It doesn't have to be especially warm to transfer its essence to the butter.

Filling a pan with water, then placing a bowl in the water and melting butter in there is a safer bet. One can then allow for plenty of time without burning the butter.
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[hellkat]

Hmmmm, okay.
I may have to attempt it again at a later date.
Thank you.

I did wonder whether I ought to do that, but my sister used the direct-in-saucepan method with overwhelming success when I was visiting her earlier in the year. Mind you, she's so much more experienced than me at such things. No doubt she's burnt a few saucepans in her time

Bloody waste of good butter.
Perhaps I could do my own version of special (field/button) mushrooms with garlic and burnt-parsley-butter.
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[chickenstrip]

I think parsley is one of those herbs that just doesn't work dried. Fresh stuff every time for me.

I'm another one who uses a little salt and the flat of a knife blade to crush garlic - saves on washing up, and some say you get a better flavour that way, not sure I necessarily agree, but as long as it's not worse.

Did a chicken breast with a garlic, cider and cream sauce the other day - four LARGE cloves of garlic for one serving Blanched in boiling water for about 4 mins first, it really works, not overpowering at all

Got myself a little grater tool thingy for fresh ginger - don't use it for anything else but works great for ginger.
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[Nobby the Bastard]

Previous experience indicates that sticking it into a bottle of smirnoff 1) removes the need to chop it up, and 2) is a bit mental.....
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[hellkat]

[hellkat]

Aw, Chickenybobs ... *sigh*
You're sooooo cute.

Good recipe, though.
I shall try it out.
Nom.

Those little graters are v. useful in ordinary (non-herbal) cookery.
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[chickenstrip]

[hellkat]

What do you serve that with? Rice, mash, spaghetti?

Or just salad (yes I have been known to eat salad)

I even have cider and I could probably find some chicken breasts in the freezer somewhere. When the big fella is next here, I shall make a point of trying it out for him (if he is not averse to letting me use up a botltle of his Old Rosie in such a wasteful fashion ).
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[Omega]

Between the two of you, hellkat and chickenstrip, you could make an interesting alternative to Nando's...

[chickenstrip]

[hellkat]

So, what does the panel think:
should I throw out this burnt butter stuff or should I try it out in something anyway.

Maybe a REALLY chocolatey cake, to take away the taste of the burnt butter ...
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[oldpink]

made lots of herbal butter in my time not hard but you need to pay attention

as said use a bowl in a pan of water
gently heat the butter till its just melted add your herb of choice keep the heat low and stir often for about 2 hrs

get some cheese cloth to use as a strainer pour the hot mix through the cheese cloth to strain out the herbs
place the filtered butter in the fridge job done
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[hellkat]

Thanks

So I'm prolly best using this batch as chainlube, then?
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[oldpink]

you could try using it nothing to lose
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[J.M.]

I've had quick and effortless success with brownie mix, some butter, and said parsley.

I just grind it up, or scissors work but is more time consuming, and add to melted butter on low heat for 20-30 mins, then mix with a brownie mix and stick in the oven until done.

Perhaps not as good as it could be, but worked perfectly for me each time I've tried!
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[temeluchus]

[hellkat]

So anyway, it can't have been that potent, as I just made some betty crocker brownie cupcakey things, and really - the burnt taste isnt really noticeable, and there's a bit of a green tinge flavour.

But the headshot is negligible; even >1hr, I've had to have a second one 'cos it seems that the first didn't work ...
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[chickenstrip]

It just clicked! Defo getting old!

Haven't done anything like that for a long time, but don't think I'd use green in cakes - crumbly stuff makes a nice spice
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[Shaft]

[hellkat]

I've only ever had it in cakes ... (although I might have fried the bacon in a tiny bit of that butter the other day, don't tell the Prez whatever you do, LOL, I forgot to mention it to him, and one can't really taste the burnt butter OR the green flavour with smoked bacon, it's such a strong flavour of its own ...)

When I visited my sister earlier this year, she made some of those Rice Crispie style space-cakes, known as "chocolate crackles" in the antipodean section of my family - I had one (or maybe it was two ) and then went to do the touristy thing about marsupials. I was totally trolleyed all day long. Wandering happily about, pestering kangaroos and generally communing with nature, la la la la, completely in la-la land.

(when we came away from the zoo we stopped at the Seacliff Bridge lookout point for a cup of tea and a bun, and I ended up chatting to some guys on bikes, blithely rabbiting on to them whilst my sister and daughter were patiently waiting for me in the car RIGHT BEHIND ME for about 10 minutes before I realised they were there).

proper wankered, I was
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[Ste]

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Just adding uncompressed Bubble Hash (or other hash that crumbles) to something is much easier than making cannabutter.