gorgonzola butter for steaks
Ingredients:
- 2 heads of garlic, top 3/4 inch cut off to expose cloves
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/3 cup crumbled gorgonzola cheese (about 2 ounces)
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350°f
- Place garlic on piece of foil; drizzle with olive oil
- Enclose garlic in foil
- Bake until garlic is very soft, about 1 hour, cool
- Squeeze garlic cloves out from papery skins into medium bowl; mash garlic with fork
- Mix in butter, cheese, and parsley. season with salt and pepper
- Transfer gorgonzola butter to sheet of plastic wrap
- Using plastic wrap as aid, form butter into 1 1/4-inch-diameter log, wrapping plastic tightly around butter
- Chill until firm. (can be made 2 days ahead; keep chilled.)
- Cut into 1/2-inch-thick rounds
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