Compound Butters

Description

The 8 flavors I made are: 1. Lemon rosemary thyme butter (1/2 cup butter, zest 1/2 lemon, 3 large sprigs rosemary, 2 small sprigs thyme) 2. Moroccan spice butter (1/2 cup butter, 1/2 tsp cumin seeds, 1/2 tbs grated ginger, and 1/2 tsp grated turmeric heat in a pan with a small amount of oil, 1/4 tsp ground cumin, 1/4 tsp ground coriander, 1/4 tsp cinnamon, 1/8 tsp cayenne, zest 1/2 lemon, 2 tbs chopped cilantro) 3. Red wine shallot butter (1/2 cup butter, 1 small shallot, minced cooked in 3 tbs red wine till the shallots absorb the wine, 2 tbs parsley) 4. Maple cardamom butter (1/2 cup butter, 1/4 cup maple syrup, 1 tsp ground cardamom, 1 tsp whole cardamom seeds) 5. Fig butter (1/2 cup butter, 3 tbs fig preserves) 6. Herb butter (1/2 cup butter, handful of basil leaves, 2 sprigs oregano, ~6 chives) 7. Vanilla cinnamon honey butter (1/2 cup butter, 1/4 cup honey, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp vanilla) 8. Cranberry butter (1/2 cup butter, 1/4 cup fresh cranberries, sweeten with honey or sugar to desired sweetness)

Compound Butters

Grilled bone-in rib-eye with red wine shallot butter
Grilled bone-in rib-eye with red wine shallot butter

Biscuits with vanilla honey cinnamon butter and maple cardamom butter
Biscuits with vanilla honey cinnamon butter and maple cardamom butter

Cheddar zucchini pancakes with herb butter
Cheddar zucchini pancakes with herb butter

Ingredients: 2 cups grated zucchini 1 cup grated cheese 2 eggs 1 cup bisquick or other biscuit making mix vegetable oil as needed Directions: Mix all ingredients until well combined Heat vegetable on a griddle or frying pan over medium heat. Scoop 1/4 cup batter into pan and flatten. Cook until browned, 3-4 minutes per side.

Orange scones with cranberry butter
Orange scones with cranberry butter

Arugula cheddar grilled cheese sandwich with fig butter
Arugula cheddar grilled cheese sandwich with fig butter

Directions: Butter inside pieces of bread with fig butter. Add cheese and arugula between slices. Use a frying pan or sandwich press to heat sandwich and melt cheese.

Baked potato with Moroccan spice butter
Baked potato with Moroccan spice butter

Directions: Preheat oven to 350 F Rub potato with a small amount of oil and salt the outside. Pierce a few times with a fork. Place directly on top rack of oven (with a pan or something underneath to catch any drips). Bake for 1 hour or until soft when pierced with a fork and the skin is crispy.

Pork chops with lemon rosemary thyme butter
Pork chops with lemon rosemary thyme butter

Ingredients
  • butter
  • mixins
Directions
  1. I used salted butter so if you use unsalted I would add some salt to the recipes above. The exact amounts of the additions don’t have to be accurate. Keep adding things till the butter is to your taste.
  2. I placed 1/2 cup (1 stick) softened butter into a small food processor and mixed with all the add-ins till they were evenly distributed. Then I scooped the butter onto a piece of plastic wrap and wrapped it into a log shape. For add ins that are heat up first (like the red wine shallot butter), let cool completely before mixing in.