Basic recipes
Simple tomato butter
Spicy butter with tomato paste and ajvar. Goes very well with baguettes, grilled bread or as a small spread.
Timing
- Preparation: approx. 8 minutes
- Cooling time optional: approx. 15 minutes
Estimated nutrition
for the whole recipe
- Energy
- ≈ 950 kcal
- Protein
- ≈ 2.2 g
- Carbohydrates
- ≈ 3 g
- Fat
- ≈ 103 g
Approximate values based on the listed ingredients. Brands, cheese, portion size and preparation can change the values.
Calculation basis
Item weights and household measures are estimated. Unless specified: milk with 1.5% fat, cream with 30% fat and Gouda cheese. Optional ingredients, small amounts of seasoning and separately listed side dishes are excluded. For imprecise entries, the amounts below and comparable reference products are assumed. For alternatives, the first listed ingredient is used. Cooking losses have not been measured.
Quantity assumptions and ingredient mapping
- 1 tbsp tomato paste · ≈ 15.0 g
- 1 tsp Ajvar · ≈ 5.0 g
- 1 small clove of garlic · ≈ 3.0 g
Matvaretabellen: Mattilsynet · Santa Maria
Food data: Max Rubner-Institut, BLS 4.0 (2025), CC BY 4.0. Calculated and rounded for this recipe. BLS 4.0 · CC BY 4.0
Ingredients
- 125g soft butter
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tsp Ajvar
- 1 small clove of garlic
- Salt
- pepper
- 1 pinch of sweet paprika powder
Instructions
- Place the softened butter in a bowl.
- Add tomato paste and ajvar.
- Finely chop or press garlic.
- Mix everything well.
- Season with salt, pepper and paprika powder.
- Cool briefly and serve.
