Best Compound Butter Recipes

Name: Compound Butter: Smoky Tomato, Lemon-Dill & Chai
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Ingredients: ⅓ cup unsalted butter (softened); ½ teaspoon tomato paste; ¼ teaspoon smoked paprika; salt and freshly ground pepper to taste; ⅓ cup unsalted butter (softened); 1 teaspoon Meyer lemon zest; 1 teaspoon Meyer lemon juice; ½ teaspoon finely chopped fresh dill; salt and freshly ground pepper to taste; ⅓ cup unsalted butter (softened); ½ teaspoon golden brown sugar; ⅛ teaspoon ground cardamom; ⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon; ⅛ teaspoon ground cloves; ⅛ teaspoon ground ginger

March 17, 2013 By valentina 52 Comments

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Using the best compound butter recipes is a fabulous way to elevate a dish. And the beauty of it is that you can flavor the butter with just about anything!

To have great success while cooking, you must start with the best ingredients possible.

This is true whether we’re talking about anything from a fresh tomato to pasta, and of course, to butter!

I’ve been using Kerrygold butter for the past year or so — and don’t foresee using another butter in the near future.

So creamy, so rich, and so delicious! You can learn more about this beautiful Irish butter and other Kerrygold products here.

So let’s create dome delicious Kerry Gold butter recipes!

What is compound butter?

A compound butter is simply a butter that has had other flavors added to it.

While spreading plain butter on bread is delicious, compound butters are interesting, impressive and can be even more delicious.

Compound butter recipes pictured above:

Meyer Lemon-Dill Butter
Spiced Chai Butter
Smoky Tomato Butter

(All three recipes are below.)

More flavor ideas for compound butters:

cinnamon and sugar
pumpkin spice
orange
olives and capers
honey
herbs de provence
curry paste and powders

Recipe Tips

It’s always best to use unsalted butter for compound butter recipes. You want to be able to control all of the flavor yourself.
Be sure the butter is at room temperature before you mix in any ingredients. Otherwise, it’s near impossible to blend.

How to Use Them

These butters are fantastic on breads, bagels, pasta, fish, chicken, steak, and the list goes on. The possibilities are truly endless!

You can make the best compound butter recipes, too. Just look around your pantry to see what you might like to blend into your butter and spread on your bread for your next get together.

More compound butter recipes:

Avocado Butter

Hatch Chile-Agave Butter

I also found this delicious recipe for Chocolate Butter.

I hope you enjoy all of the recipes as much as I do!

tomato compound butter in a tiny red-orange bowl

Compound Butter: Smoky Tomato, Lemon-Dill & Chai

Valentina K. Wein

Using compound butter recipes is a fabulous way to elevate a dish. And the beauty of it is that you can flavor the butter with just about anything!

Prep Time 5 mins

Total Time 5 mins

Course Condiments, Sauces, Dressings and Vinaigrettes

Cuisine American

Servings per recipe

Calories 109 kcal

Ingredients

Smoky Tomato Butter

⅓ cup unsalted butter softened
½ teaspoon tomato paste
¼ teaspoon smoked paprika
salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

Meyer Lemon-Dill Butter

⅓ cup unsalted butter softened
1 teaspoon Meyer lemon zest
1 teaspoon Meyer lemon juice
½ teaspoon finely chopped fresh dill
salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

Spiced Chai Butter

⅓ cup unsalted butter softened
½ teaspoon golden brown sugar
⅛ teaspoon ground cardamom
⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon
⅛ teaspoon ground cloves
⅛ teaspoon ground ginger

Instructions

For all three recipes

Be sure the butter is at room temperature and is very soft.
Add the softened butter to a small bowl and add the remaining ingredients. Use a small spoon to mix until it's completely smooth.
With the exception of the Chai recipe, season to taste with salt and pepper.

Notes

Not sure exactly how to season to taste? Here's how.

Calorie count is only an estimate.

Keywords great for steak, great for adding to sauces, great for pastas

Have you tried this recipe?I'd love to see it on Instagram! Tag me at @cookingontheweekends or leave a comment & rating below.

This is not a sponsored post. Kerrygold sent me samples for recipe testing, and as always, I only promote products I love and use.

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