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Home » Condiments, Dressings & Sauces » Best Compound Butter Recipes

Best Compound Butter Recipes

Mar 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!3 colorful bowls full of Compound Butters

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.

Kerrygold Irish Butter package

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 in a yellow, blue and red bowl

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

six images of Compound Butter Recipes in a photo grid

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

avocado butter in a red and white striped bowl

Hatch Chile-Agave Butter

hatch chile butter in a red bowl with green hatch chiles

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!
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Prep Time 5 minutes mins
Total Time 5 minutes mins
Course Condiments, Sauces, Dressings and Vinaigrettes
Cuisine American
Servings 5 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.

NUTRITION

Calories: 109kcal
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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Comments

  1. Susan

    March 17, 2013 at 5:48 am

    Hi! I follow you on FB and receive your emails. Thank you for all of the wonderful recipes!

    Reply
    • valentina

      March 17, 2013 at 5:53 am

      Thank YOU for sharing in my love of food. 🙂

      Reply
  2. Sandy miller

    March 17, 2013 at 2:47 pm

    I haven't tried this butter either. Sound as if it would be wonderful for Shortbread cookies.
    Sandy

    Reply
  3. Tiffany K

    March 17, 2013 at 10:04 pm

    These compound butter recipes look amazing!! I can't wait to try the smoked tomato butter.

    Reply
  4. Ann Glenn

    March 17, 2013 at 10:08 pm

    Love your recipes!

    Reply
  5. Poopsey Marie

    March 17, 2013 at 10:08 pm

    KerryGold is absolutely yummy! Reminds me of the homemade butter my grandmother made with cream from her grass-fed cows. There's nothing else like it for sure. Love your site and wonderful recipes!

    Reply
  6. Mimi Avocado

    March 17, 2013 at 3:21 pm

    Love Kerrygold butter! After Camp Blogaway I was surprised to see it available in local stores...just hadn't noticed it before. I'm excited to try your compound butters...

    Reply
  7. colleen

    March 17, 2013 at 10:35 pm

    The Myer lemon dill butter sounds soooo good! I am just picturing it melting a freshly steamed lobster and shrimp.....mmmmm

    Reply
    • valentina

      March 17, 2013 at 11:43 pm

      Colleen, that sounds perfect! Thanks for the idea. 🙂

      Reply
  8. Dorothy at ShockinglyDelicious

    March 17, 2013 at 4:21 pm

    Your butters are gorgeous! Kerrygold is fabulous butter and you can really taste the difference!

    Reply
  9. Linda S.

    March 18, 2013 at 12:40 am

    I bought Kerry gold butter, but haven't tried it yet; am anxious to do so tomorrow, especially if I make Irish soda bread. The Meyer lemon dill butter sounds wonderful.

    Reply
  10. Debbiebee

    March 18, 2013 at 12:49 am

    Just bought this butter. It is my favorite, too. I really enjoy your blog. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  11. Deb

    March 18, 2013 at 3:15 am

    Kerrygold Butter is a fabulous product! As a citrus lover the Meyer Lemon Dill recipe sounds scrumptious!

    Reply
  12. Deb

    March 18, 2013 at 3:15 am

    I am a happy subscriber of your blog!

    Reply
    • valentina

      March 18, 2013 at 3:22 am

      Thank you, Deb! 🙂

      Reply
  13. Frankie

    March 18, 2013 at 5:08 am

    Thank you, love these - how long will they keep?

    Reply
    • valentina

      March 18, 2013 at 5:22 am

      Frankie, most butters will keep nicely for about a month in the refrigerator, and up to 6 months in the freezer. Thanks for commenting. 🙂

      Reply
  14. Ttrockwood

    March 17, 2013 at 11:20 pm

    We only buy kerrygold butter! Seriously the best value for my money. I love a compound butter for steamed artichokes or on asparagus.

    Reply
  15. Denny Felizzi

    March 18, 2013 at 12:20 am

    I have wanted to try this for some time now,but never get around to buying it. I ALWAYS use real butter when i cook and bake.I bake in a restaurant 3 days a week,and at home almost as much. Real butter is always close at hand.

    Reply
  16. jacquie

    March 18, 2013 at 1:00 am

    i don't normally make compound butters but i would love to win the butter for baking,

    Reply
  17. karen

    March 19, 2013 at 12:07 am

    Love these recipes, they look perfect for embellishing simple veggies. I'm thinking the smoky tomato on grilled corn, the lemon on asparagus, the chai on a baked sweet potato...

    Reply
    • valentina

      March 19, 2013 at 2:01 am

      Karen, I LOVE those ideas! 🙂

      Reply
  18. Susan Christy

    March 19, 2013 at 11:21 pm

    I say boo to margarine - it's butter all the way for me!

    Reply
  19. ky2here

    March 20, 2013 at 11:20 am

    The meyer lemon-dill butter sounds fantastic. thanks for the recipe.

    Reply
  20. Cynthia C

    March 20, 2013 at 2:50 pm

    The food writer at out local paper just wrote an article about butter and raved about Kerry Gold. Now I want to try it.

    Reply
  21. Jill

    March 20, 2013 at 3:13 pm

    I absolutely LOVE your website and I do follow you on facebook! I agree with you on the Kerrygold butter as well - I recently found it and tried it and I am hooked! The flavor is amazing and I will not go back to regular butter, ever! 🙂

    Reply
    • valentina

      March 21, 2013 at 4:11 am

      Thank you so much, Jill! 😀

      Reply
  22. debbie

    March 20, 2013 at 1:05 pm

    I make a compound butter using lime, coriander, cumin and hot pepper.

    Reply
    • valentina

      March 20, 2013 at 2:16 pm

      Debbie, that sounds delicious! I'd like to melt that on a crispy tortilla. Yum!

      Reply
  23. Kristen m

    March 20, 2013 at 2:32 pm

    I've never tried kerrygold, but I swear all my foodie friends on Facebook rave about it all the time,so I'm quite curious!

    Reply
  24. Meredith

    March 20, 2013 at 9:37 pm

    Kerrygold butter reminds me of home, since my mom gets this good stuff for parties or awesome recipes!

    Reply
    • valentina

      March 21, 2013 at 4:13 am

      Hi Meredith, I LOVE foods that remind me of home, my mom, etc. 🙂

      Reply
  25. Katharine Davis

    March 20, 2013 at 11:20 pm

    I love this butter, not just for baking. It is my go to butter for bread and other treats

    Reply
    • valentina

      March 21, 2013 at 4:15 am

      I totally agree Katherine -- I LOVE spreading the salted Kerrygold on a warm, toasted onion bagel. YUM!

      Reply
  26. Tari Lawson

    March 21, 2013 at 12:43 am

    The Meyer Lemon-Dill Butter sounds good.

    Reply
    • valentina

      March 21, 2013 at 4:15 am

      Thank you, Tari!

      Reply
  27. Tracy L Davis

    March 21, 2013 at 2:34 am

    I love butter!!

    Reply
  28. Stephanie V.

    March 21, 2013 at 4:44 am

    Meyer Lemon-Dill Butter looks amazing! Would love to serve that at my next holiday gathering

    Reply
  29. deana c

    March 21, 2013 at 6:04 pm

    I am definately going to make the Smoky Tomato Butter recipe. Looks great!!

    Reply
  30. Derk Thomas

    March 22, 2013 at 2:18 am

    The butter recipes sound good, but your article on seasoning to taste was very good and I now understand what they are talking about.

    Reply
    • valentina

      March 22, 2013 at 4:50 am

      Thank you so much, Derk -- I'm so happy to hear that! 🙂

      Reply
  31. Madeline

    March 23, 2013 at 2:23 am

    I've been reading about a strange recipe called bulletproof coffee, in which you actually add butter. I'd love to try it with this!

    Reply
  32. Amy L

    March 23, 2013 at 1:19 pm

    I LOVE Kerrygold butter! The Chai compound butter recipe sounds like it would be yummy on banana bread, or muffins, or my fingers : )

    Reply
  33. Amy L

    March 23, 2013 at 1:20 pm

    I follow you on twitter @amylou61

    Reply
  34. Deb C

    March 24, 2013 at 9:16 am

    These are wonderful recipes, but I have to confess... I love the taste of good butter, just as it is. KerryGold would be such a treat to taste.

    Reply
  35. Deb C

    March 24, 2013 at 9:16 am

    I follow you on Twitter. @KismetChris

    Reply
  36. Deb C

    March 24, 2013 at 9:17 am

    I follow you on Pinterest. KismetChris

    Reply
  37. joni

    March 24, 2013 at 6:38 pm

    i love flavored butters. Thanks for these recipes. A must try!

    Reply
  38. Julie Myles

    March 25, 2013 at 3:13 am

    twitter follower @juleemm

    Reply
  39. susan smoaks

    March 25, 2013 at 7:15 pm

    i can't wait to try the Meyer Lemon-Dill Butter recipe, it sounds amazing!

    Reply
  40. Sand

    March 26, 2013 at 4:19 am

    Butter always makes everything better.

    Reply
  41. valentina

    March 26, 2013 at 7:58 am

    Thank you all so much for participating in this Kerrygold butter giveaway! The winner is Deobora of East of Eden Cooking (http://www.eastofedencooking.com/) -- congratulations!

    Reply

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