Black Trumpet Butter

This recipe was a solution to a delicious problem: abundance. My wife, Leslie, and I had just picked two backpacks full of foraged black trumpets, and I needed some way to preserve them other than dehydration. I never imagined how popular this aromatic paste would become. Swiped across steamed sweet corn, smeared onto cornbread, dolloped onto pizza crust, or piled atop sizzling scallops, black trumpet butter is mind-blowing. Best of all, it’s incredibly simple to make: Two ingredients, a bi