Started with about 1 stick of softened butter (unsalted), half a small shallot (minced), small handful of Sun-dried Tomato (minced), about the same amount of bacon ♥ slices> (minced), 2 TB Blue Cheese, 14 stalks of parsley (de-stemmed & minced), 4 stalks of Green Onion (sliced thins or minced) and salt/pepper to taste.
Compound Butter
(French: "Beurre composé")
Compound Butter's bring additional flavor and moisture (causing a pleasant, mouth feel and taste), they can be made fairly simple using butter and what ever flavors you wish. Simplist of Compound Butters can be as simple as Butter, Garlic, Parsley, and Salt/Pepper to taste, this goes well when eating a lot of Italian type dishes and when making Garlic Bread!
Most people use Compound Butters on meats or to season vegetables, when using add at the time just before you take them off the heat source or when you are plating them up and they should always be room temp so that they melt. (Do not want a cold piece of butter on your beautiful food! Unless you are serving something cold?) The potential for different flavor combinations and concoctions is limitless, what are you serving? Steak, Fish, Lamb, Pork, Asparagus, Green Beans (haricots verts), Baked Potato???
What will you use? Butter (unsalted), Parsley, Garlic, Shallots, Onions, Ginger, Tomatoes, Wine, Cilantro, Basil... I think you get the picture!!!
This Compound Butter was just something I threw together in anticipation of a nicely grilled Rib Eye Steak! It about tripled in size to a regular stick of butter.
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