Tomato Butter

5 from 1 vote

Use up your garden tomatoes with this budget-friendly Tomato Butter! It’s easy to make, packed with flavor, and perfect for meal prep.

Prep Time10

Cook Time15

Total Time25

Course: condiment

Cuisine: American

Total Cost: $3.58 recipe / $0.18 serving

Servings: servings (1 Tbsp each)

Calories: 85kcal

Author: Jess Rice

Equipment

Baking Sheet
Parchment Paper
Food Processor
Ice Cube Tray

Ingredients

2 tomatoes vine ripe, $1.28
2 cloves garlic $0.06
¼ tsp sea salt $0.01
⅛ tsp black pepper freshly cracked, $0.03
cooking spray $0.01
2 sticks salted butter room temperature, $1.98*
1 tsp Italian seasoning $0.21

Instructions

Gather ingredients. Preheat oven to 375°F.
Seed tomatoes by cutting them into quarters and scooping the seeds out. Carefully crush garlic cloves using the bottom of a cup.
Add tomatoes and garlic to a parchment-lined baking sheet, season with salt and pepper, and lightly mist with cooking oil.
Bake until tomatoes and garlic have wilted and toasted, 15-20 minutes. Just enough to concentrate those flavors and give them a little more depth.
Add the roasted tomatoes, garlic, room temperature salted butter, and Italian herb mix to a food processor.
Run the food processor until the tomatoes and garlic have been broken down and blended into the butter and seasonings.
Portion out your tomato butter for future use by using an ice cube tray! Pop it in the freezer (covered with plastic wrap!) and then pop them out once hardened and store in a clean, dry container in the freezer or refrigerator.

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Notes

*You can easily make this recipe dairy-free by swapping the butter with your favorite salted vegan butter.

Nutrition

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