Compound Butter

Recipe courtesy Alton Brown

Show: Good EatsEpisode: A Case for Butter

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (10)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(10)

Prep Time:
30 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
2 logs

Times:

Prep: 30 min
Inactive Prep: 2 min
Cook: --
Total:: 32 min

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Ingredients

1 pound butter
3 to 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons fresh chives, chopped
1 tablespoon thyme, chopped
1 tablespoon sage, chopped
1 tablespoon rosemary, chopped

Hardware:

Dough scraper
Standing mixer
Parchment paper or plastic wrap

Directions

Chop the butter into uniform chunks using the dough scraper.

Place the oil into the food processor and add the chives. Process until the chives are finely chopped. Add the remaining herbs and blend until the herbs have colored the oil. Using the whisk attachment, whip the butter in the mixer?s work bowl at medium speed until it softens and lightens in color, about 5 to 7 minutes.

Add the herb oil to the butter and beat for another 2 minutes until oil is fully incorporated. Remove butter from bowl and spoon onto parchment paper or plastic wrap. Roll into a log, using the edge of a baking sheet to form a tight log. Chill for 2 hours before serving.

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recipe Compound Butter
Tracey Okauchee, WI 07-08-2009
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Delicious, not so mis-classified recipe
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

Actually this is a compound butter. Compound butter is any butter that has something added to it. The term "herb butter" is... used interchangeably with the term compound butter. Matire d'Hotel butter is just another recipe for a compound butter and is quite delicious, lemon and chopped parsley.Read more
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Joel Edgewater, CO 03-29-2009
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Mis-classified but delicious
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

Alton Love the show, love Iron Chef as well. The recipe looks great. I do, however, think that people need to... understand the difference between a compound butter and an herb / maitre d'hotel butter, of which the recipe you give here is the latter. A compound butter will have many more ingredients, including, in many cases. liquor, binding agents, spices, etc.Read more
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ROCKY Franklinville, NC 02-04-2007
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Definately "Good Eats"
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Its amazing the way that you can vary the ingredients and come up with some spectacular add ons. My family loves a compound... butter with garlic, parsley and onions on steaks.Read more
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Rebecca Santa Clarita, CA 12-17-2006
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The All-Purpose Spread
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I've used this this spread on fish, as a spread on garlic bread, on popcorn, on artichokes, on seafood, and many other... things... you can just use different ingredients to make tons of different flavors for anything... Will it take butter? Why not add some other herb flavors? And it's totally EASY, especially if you have an upright mixer.Read more
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Monica Laredo, TX 10-17-2006
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Best butter
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This recipe was great because I was able to use it in so many recipes. It was good on hot pasta, bread and even corn. It's... so easy to just take it out of the fridge and slice what you need.Read more
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Toni West Monroe, LA 08-31-2006
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Best ever butter!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I keep herb butter in the fridge all the time. I've never added olive oil but it certainly added a great flavor. Also, I've... never used the mixer but it made the butter light and oh-so-spreadable! Thanks Alton for making the case for butter. It's so much better than the so-called "healthy margarines." Love the show.Read more