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Compound Butter {aka Maitre d’Hotel Butter}

November 29, 2013 by Billie Hillier Leave a Comment

Compound Butter

Compound Butter

Our freezer has your normal items and then I have a small section for flavored butters. I love making flavored butters and normally have a few in the freezer ready to go. Chipotle lime butter,  rosemary butter, basil butter, and many others will be in a baggie in my freezer ready to take out when needed.

I thought I was original with mixing different herbs to create tasty creamy goodness but I learned years ago, one wasn’t too original. I will never forget when I made one of my favorites which is a simple garlic, parsley, and lemon juice added to butter and one of my dinner guests said something like “Oh, you made compound butter to go with the steaks!”  Mmmmm…. sure. {Even though I made it for the bread.} This was before the internet and smart phones where I could whip out my phone and Google “compound butter” to see what the heck they were talking about! Later I learned that my specialty butter was nothing special and made by many cooks to melt over steaks. Oh well…

Compound Butter

I always have the ingredients on hand for this easy recipe as I grow my own parsley {gotta love Las Vegas weather!}.

I will roll it into plastic wrap or wax paper and stick it in the freezer. With wax paper I can easily cut what I want and then stick back in the freezer.

The aka for this flavored butter recipe:

  • Compound Butter
  • Hotel Butter
  • Maitre d’Hotel Butter
  • Maitre d Butter
  • Steak Butter

What name do you know it as and do you use it for anything other than steak?

Compound Butter

Compound Butter
Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 stick butter, unsalted & softened
  • 2 teaspoon fresh parsley, finely chopped
  • 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground

Instructions

  1. Add all the ingredients to a medium bowl
  2. Using a hand mixer blend all the ingredients together
  3. Roll into wax paper or plastic wrap
  4. Cool in refrigerator or in freezer till ready to use

 

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: Butter Recipes, Flavored Butter Recipes, Steak Recipes, vegetarian recipes

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