'Epicurean' butter

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 125 g butter, soft
• 4 anchovies, pickled
• 3 egg yolks, hard-boiled
• 4 small cucumbers (pepper cucumbers)
• 1 tsp mustard
• 1 tsp tarragon
• 1 tsp chives

Instructions

Working time approx. 5 minutes; Total time approx. 5 minutes

based on a recipe by Mary Hahn (1920)

Mix the butter with the finely chopped and grated anchovies and the crushed egg yolks. Add the finely chopped gherkins, mustard, finely chopped chives, and tarragon. Press the mixture through a fine sieve and let it set. According to the original recipe, this butter variation is meant to be spread on slices of white bread. Note: Since Roman times, the term “Epicurean” has been used with a negative connotation, particularly by Christian opponents of the Greek philosopher Epicurus. The butter is so delicious that, in my opinion, one can safely forget the negative connotations.