Just a little something extra added to simple food can make a dish special. Compound butter or flavored butter can be that little something extra. Having one or two of these butters in your fridge is an easy way to impart flavor quickly.
Compound butter is a cinch to make and you’ll enjoy creating your own flavors! It’s really just butter that has been mixed with additional ingredients. Bring your butter to room temperature. Stir in your additions. After mixing it up, chill it as a log of butter wrapped in parchment paper or added into a mold. When it’s time to flavor your food, slice a bit off your log or pop it out of its mold. Easy Peasy.
Compound Flavor Ideas
Chipotle Honey Butter
Fine Herbes with Citrus Butter
Cajun Butter
Ventura Spice Butter
Honey Mustard Butter
Herbes de Provence Butter
Toasted Sesame Seed with Oregano Butter
Flavor butter with herbs, citrus, honey, or spices. Almost anything goes!
Cooking with unsalted butter allows you to control the salt content in your recipes and is what we usually use when cooking or baking. When creating compound butter, we throw that rule out the window! The added salt is a welcome addition for most savory butters and even sometimes for sweet butters.
Infinity Pacific Sea Salt (Or start with salted butter)
Ventura Spice Add-in Ingredients:
Infinity Ventura Spice (Start with unsalted butter as Ventura Spice has salt)
Herbes De Provence Add-in Ingredients:
Infinity Herbes de Provence
Infinity Pacific Sea Salt (Or start with salted butter)
Fine Herbs with Citrus Add-in Ingredients:
Infinity Lemon Peel
Infinity Orange Peel
Infinity Dill Weed
Infinity Pacific Sea Salt (Or start with salted butter)
Honey Chipotle Add-in Ingredients:
Infinity Honey
Infinity Chipotle Powder
Infinity Pacific Sea Salt (Or start with salted butter)
Honey Mustard Butter Ingredients
Infinity Honey
Infinity Hot Mustard Powder
Infinity Pacific Sea Salt (Or start with salted butter)
Cajun Butter Ingredients
Infinity Cajun Seasoning
Infinity Pacific Sea Salt (Or start with salted butter)
Mediterranean Seeded Butter Ingredients
Infinity Sesame Seeds (Toast over low heat, Allow to cool before adding to butter.)
Infinity Oregano
Infinity Pacific Sea Salt (Or start with salted butter)
Instructions
1
Place room temperature butter in a medium bowl.
2
Add in any of the above combinations. Stir until completely combined..
3
Mound onto a piece of parchment paper, waxed paper or plastic wrap.
4
Shape into a log about 5-6" in length. Wrap paper or plastic wrap around the log.
5
Twist the paper or plastic wrap at the ends to seal the butter. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours. Can be stored chilled for up to a week. Or store in the freezer in a plastic bag for up to 6 months.
Note
Butter can also be chilled in a small ramekin, covered with plastic wrap, for at least two hours. Use as you would butter on the table for warm bread or rolls!
