Caramelized Onion Butter

Imagine my surprise when a company that I am ever so fond of sent me a note asking if I would like to sample two of their new butters as well as participate in a recipe contest they were having with uses for the new duo.

Kerrygold - to me a name that is synonymous with to die for butter, wonderful cheeses (especially the Aged Cheddar with Irish Whiskey...Y-U-M), the beauty and simplicity of Ireland and it's farmers and just an all around good company!! As an Irish lass myself, I was doubly thrilled!! Did you know my first name (Colleen) means "little Irish girl" in Websters...I kinda loved that little tidbit growing up...even thought NOTHING and I mean NOTHING had Colleen on it when I was a kid (not until I spent a summer in Ireland that is!!)


I loved the fact that Kerrygold came up with a reduced fat and reduced sodium butter, so I tried that first. I decided to caramelize two Vidilia onions, and combine them with a pinch of Kosher salt and 5 ounces of the new butter in my food processor. I then placed the transformed butter into a small crock and got down to business enjoying it on a hunk of bread - it was really good. The onions were like POW! and the butter was smooth and delicious...I didn't miss the fat. And let me tell you I am a butter girl....seriously. It's in my top 5 foods. When I was pregnant with my second, you guessed it...it was my number one craving - lucky for me I had a little restraint and didn't just eat it plain.

Now...let me tell you when the magic happened with this Caramelized Onion Butter...2 days later as I was looking at what remained I thought...POTATO!! OMGosh THIS spread on a freshly baked potato was miraculous! Kinda funny afterthought hit me after 3 days of me eating a potato and this spread (really, I love it that much...it became my quick, go to lunch)

Kerrygold...Ireland...Potato...are you seeing the connection here?



Just try this...It has kept well for me for over a week and I WILL be making it often...and I am grateful to Kerrygold not only for their wonderful products...but for the new Reduced Fat Butter, which satisfies my butter craving yet keeps my thighs in check! Thanks Kerrygold!! Oh and by the way...I am planning on coming over to Ireland again in the next couple of years again and stopping by to see YOU is on my Irish Bucket List!!

Caramelized Onion Butter

2 medium Vidalia onions, sliced into 1/4 inch wide rings
1 TBS Kerrygold Reduced Fat Butter
1 TBS olive oil
Dash of sugar (optional)
Dash of salt and pepper
5 oz Kerrygold Reduced Fat Butter

In a large saute pan, melt butter, add the olive oil and then toss in your sliced onions spreading them evenly throughout the pan. Cook over medium high heat and move your onions around often. After 5 minutes reduce heat to medium, add salt and pepper and continue cooking until your onions are a beautiful golden brown (if you choose to add a dash of sugar...about a teaspoon...do it here after the first 5 minutes, it will expedite the carmelization process). Allow the onions to cool (go ahead and eat a few) then toss the onions, and your butter into your food processor, add in a dash or two of Kosher salt and pulse until combined. Scrape into a crock and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate until ready to use. Should keep well for a week or more.


Just look at this delicious spread! **LOVE**



Enjoy!!