This variety of compound butter is great for flavoring meats or as a spread for your slice of bread. If you are looking for something similar but on the sweeter side, be sure to check out this amazing Rasberry Butter and Whipped Cinnamon Honey Butter. Whether you are a seasoned chef or a beginner in the kitchen, you cannot mess this up. You pretty much add in whatever flavors you like and then add it to whatever foods you are cooking. Pretty simple, right? Compound butter is butter mixed with a variety of herbs and spices and is primarily used to enhance the flavor of foods. This is AWESOME for cooking meats, pressing under the skin of turkey or chicken will keep the meat juicy and flavorful. You can even use it for seasoning corn on the cob, garlic bread, or even mashed potatoes. The possibilities are endlessly delicious.
Why This Recipe Works
Any time you would add butter to a dish, you can add compound butter and really crank it up a notch. You can easily buy your favorite butter from the store, add in your seasoning and herbs and have yourself a tasty treat. But there is just something about making homemade butter that is extra special for turning it into any delicious variety of compound butter.
Recipe Ingredients
Base Butter
heavy cream: This is going to be the base of your butter. It’s amazing what can happen to heavy cream when it is whipped. salt: Because salted butter makes everything better.
Chophouse
Montreal steak seasoning: The flavors in the Montreal seasoning are fantastic, but any steak seasoning that you like will work.parsley: I like to use fresh minced Italian flat leaf parsley
Turkey
I prefer to use all fresh herbs for this compound butter because the flavor is so much better, but you could also use dried herbs if that’s what you have.
thyme rosemarygarlic powderchives sage
Italian
sundried tomatoes: don’t skip out on these! Trust me. Chop them up real fine so your butter spreads nice and smoothfresh basil: pairs so well with the sundried tomatoes and really makes the Italian flavor popfresh roasted garlic: this is a game changer. See the recipe card with how to roast your garlic.
How to Make Homemade Compound Butter
Recipe Tips
To store the butters you can either keep in small airtight containers, or roll into a log using parchment or wax paper. Let sit in the fridge for at least 12 hours to let flavors set in.Gift them to friends! This makes such a great edible gift idea for holidays! It’s unique and fun and people always love to receive a roll of homemade butter!Butter baste your steaks! Or after they are done grilling, place the steaks in tin foil, add a pat of butter on top right away, and lightly close the foil, the butter will keep the steak moist and infuse more flavor while it rests.Mix it up! Butter is really hard to mess up! This is a great recipe for beginners or seasoned chefs! Use any mix-ins you would like and adjust to your taste!
Recipes To Serve With Compound Butter
Parker House RollsAir Fryer Turkey Breast and GravyHomemade Mashed PotatoesAngel Hair Pasta with ShrimpGrilled Flank Steak with MushroomsOne Hour French Bread
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