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Eat Green | Garlic Anchovy Butter Recipe

Garlic Anchovy Butter Recipe

Eat Green, Southern African Green Listed Sustainable Seafood Recipe. Years of commercial fishing harvesting seafood from the wild at rates faster than natural populations can recover in Southern African waters place many seafood species at risk.



Southern African Sustainable Seafood Initiative color code means eat green, orange, stop and think and red no way.

SASSI, eat green
SASSI’s classification of fish labeled with a green, orange, or red: 

Eat green!
Green listed fish is the group from which people are encouraged to choose from as it contains the best managed most sustainable choices available to consumers. 

 Orange, stop and think.
Orange listed fish consumers are encouraged to consider the implications of these choices as increased demand for these could compromise a sustainable supply. 

 No way!
Red are species of fish you should never buy since this group includes unsustainable species as well as those that are illegal to sell in South Africa.

Garlic anchovy butter with pasta and grilled vegetables recipe
Garlic anchovy butter with pasta and grilled vegetables

Eat Green! Southern African Green Listed Sustainable Seafood Recipe


Eat Green Garlic Anchovy Butter Recipe



Ingredients

6 canned anchovies minced and mashed to a paste
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 stick room temperature unsalted butter


Directions

Over medium heat, add olive oil, anchovies, and garlic. Remove from heat and cool 30 minutes. Whip butter until fluffy, add to anchovy mixture and mix well. Serve on pasta, vegetables, rolls and in just about any recipe you can imagine.

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