Description
With its beautiful magenta hue and sweet, tart flavor, Pomegranate Clementine Butter is perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Serve alongside bread, muffins, waffles, turkey, ham, sweet potatoes or vegetables.

Ingredients

• 1 cup (2 sticks) salted butter, room temperature
  
• 1/4 cup reduced pomegranate syrup* or pomegranate molasses (do not reduce), chilled
  
• 2 tablespoons clementine zest**
  
• 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar (or more to taste)
  
• 1/4 cup toasted and chopped almonds, hazelnuts or pecans (optional)

Preparation
1. Place butter in medium mixing bowl and beat with electric mixer or wooden spoon until light and fluffy. Scrape down sides of bowl.

2. Beat in pomegranate syrup or molasses, clementine zest and sugar, scraping sides of bowl as needed.

3. Stir in nuts, if desired.

4. Scrape butter into small bowl, crock or butter molds and cover tightly; or shape into long roll on grease-proof paper (plastic, wax or parchment) for storing and slicing as needed.

*To make pomegranate syrup, boil 16 ounces pomegranate juice in heavy saucepan over medium-low heat until reduced to 1/4 cup. You can also use pomegranate molasses - available from many specialty grocers or at ethnicgrocer.com.

**Any orange or mandarin variety may be substituted for clementines.

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