Compound Butter
Add so much flavor to your meals by learning how to make homemade Compound Butter with this easy recipe! You can make garlic herb compound butter, also known as steak butter, and add it on top of steaks, in baked potatoes, or use it when roasting a turkey or chicken. You can also make sweet compound butter, which is delicious spread on biscuits, bread, or waffles!
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons fresh herbs, basil, thyme, rosemary, parsley, sage, dill or chives
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon fresh lemon juice, optional
Instructions
- Soften butter to room temperature. This will take 60-90 minutes of the butter sitting at room temperature on the counter. Add other ingredients and mix until thoroughly combined.
- Add the softened butter to a bowl with the chopped fresh herbs, crushed garlic, salt and pepper. Optionally add the lemon juice.
- Place the butter in the middle of a piece of plastic wrap. Wrap the butter up tightly and twist the ends to seal.
- Place in the refrigerator for at least one hour so that it will firm up and the flavors will meld together.
- Use the butter immediately, or store it in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks. It can also be stored in the freezer for up to 3 months.
Notes
- Fresh herbs: I always recommend using 2 tablespoons of chopped fresh herbs, but you can mix and match which herbs. I usually like to use a combination of a woodsy herb, like rosemary or thyme, with a more delicate herb, like parsley, basil or dill. Even if you only have one herb, you can double-down on that herb in the butter. The butter pictured in this post was made with 1 tablespoon rosemary and 1 tablespoon parsley.
- The lemon juice is optional. It will add a bright citrus flavor to the butter, but isn't necessary for the success of the recipe.
- For more compound butter recipes, including a sweet compound butter, refer to the blog post above.
- For ways to use the compound butter, refer to the blog post above.
Nutrition Facts
Calories 103kcal (5%)Carbohydrates 0.4gProtein 0.2gFat 12g (18%)Saturated Fat 7g (35%)Polyunsaturated Fat 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat 3gCholesterol 31mg (10%)Sodium 148mg (6%)Potassium 13mgFiber 0.1gSugar 0.03gVitamin A 439mg (9%)Vitamin C 2mg (2%)Calcium 7mg (1%)Iron 0.1mg (1%)
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