Alex: Recently we had the opportunity to have a bit of a cooking party with Delamere Dairy Goats Butter. A mild tasting butter with the brand originating from the UK!
We opted for a 3 course meal with the dessert being something we could eat over the next few days.
See our creations below!
ENTREE.
Garlic Butter bread
-6 cloves of garlic crushed
-2 tbsp. olive oil
-Salt
-1 bunch of parsley
-Small handful of Mozzarella
-1 bunch of lemon thyme
-250g Delamere Butter
-1 loaf of preferred bread.
Step 1: Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
Step 2: Finally chop parsley
Step 3: Mix garlic, melted Delamere butter, cheese, finely chopped parsley, salt and olive oil in a ball.
Step 4: Cut loaf of bread into slices and lather on ingredients
Step 5: Add lemon thyme onto each slice of bread.
Step 6: Wrap in alfoil for 20 minutes.
Step 7: Unwrap garlic bread and put back in oven for an extra 15 minutes to crisp up.
Step 8: Serve immediately.
MAIN
Burnt Delamere Butter and Sage Gnocchi with Prosciutto & Goats Curd
6 slices of Australian prosciutto
-300g fresh pre-cooked gnocchi
-300g Delamere butter
-2 garlic cloves crushed
-handful of pine nuts
-16 sage leaves
-250g cherry tomatoes
-100g of goats curd
-1 tbsp. truffle honey
Step 1: Coat a large frying pan over medium heat with Delamere butter. Pan fry prosciutto until crisp then set aside and tear into pieces.
Step 2: Roast pine nuts then set aside.
Step 3: Add 300g Delamere butter to the pan and cook for 2 mins or until butter melts and begins to foam. Add the sage leaves and cook for 1 min or until crisp. Use a slotted spoon to transfer to a plate.
Step 4: Add cherry tomatoes and gnocchi and continue cooking until the Delamare butter is a nutty brown and ghnocci has lightly crisped.
Step 5: Add the garlic to the pan and cook, stirring, for 1 min or until aromatic. Return the prosciutto to the pan with the gnocchi, spinach, pine nuts and sage. Toss to combine.
Step 7: Divide evenly among serving plates. Dollop with goat’s curd and sprinkle with truffle honey.
DESSERT
Nutella & Peanut Butter Banana Bread
-1 cup brown sugar
-2 cups self-raising flour
-½ cup buttermilk
-150g melted Delamere butter
-2 eggs
-3 mashed bananas
-2 tbsp Nutella
-1/3 cup Pics Peanut Butter
-1 handful of walnuts
Step 1: Mix brown sugar and self-raising flour in a large bowl.
Step 2: Whisk buttermilk, melted Delamere butter, eggs and bananas in a bowl. Add to flour mixture and stir to combine.
Step 3: Layer the banana mixture in a greased and lined 10cm x 22cm loaf pan, alternating with Nutella and Pics peanut butter. Use a knife to gently marble and add in walnuts.
Step 4: Bake at 180C for 1 hour or until a skewer inserted in centre comes out clean. Cool in pan for 5 mins. Turn onto a serving plate. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Next day: Toast and serve with Delamere butter.
3 simple dishes to create with an amazing product that’s wholesome and great to cook with. We highly recommend trialing Delamere Dairy in replacement of your every day butter.
Until next time
Alex
