Flavored Butters For Vegetables, Meat, Seafood & Breads
# of Servings
8
Cook Time
Difficulty Rating
Easy
Preparation Time
Ingredients
- 1 cup salted butter, softened*
- Assorted fresh and dried herbs and spices
Methodology
Flavored Butters:
Add herb or spice blends to soften butter. Transfer to covered container and refrigerate until needed. Or, remove from fridge and place in a log on heavy plastic wrap. Gently roll the log into a long roll about the width of a silver dollar.
Store the logs in the fridge or freezer until needed - cut slices of flavored butter and melt over steak, vegetables, pasta, eggs, soup, grilled chicken, rice and corn on the cob.
Flavored butters make short work of dressing up weekday vegetables, scrambled eggs, broiled chicken - even soups. They make great gifts hostess gifts too - paired with a bottle of wine. See Food & Wine Pairing notes for ideas.
Softened flavored butters make sandwiches more delicious and make last-minute garlic bread a snap. Children love mini toasted herb garlic breads made with extra hot dog buns (the number of wieners in a package never matches the number of buns in a bag).
Try these flavored butters for starters:
- For Chili Butter add 2 teaspoons Spice Depot Hot & Spicy Seasoning
- For Seafood Butter add 2 teaspoons Spice Depot Seafood Seasoning, or 1 teaspoon Dried Organic Seafood Herbs
- For Herb Butter add 2 teaspoons Spice Depot Salad Seasoning
- For Southern Chipotle Butter add 2 teaspoons Spice Depot Smokey Rib Seasoning
- For Garlic Butter add 2 teaspoons Spice Depot Garlic Pepper
- For JoJo Butter add 2 teaspoons Spice Depot JoJo Potato Seasoning
- For Big City Butter add 2 teaspoons Spice Depot New York Steak Seasoning
- For Pepper Butter add 1 teaspoon ground Spice Depot Black Peppercorns
- For Poultry Butter add 1 teaspoons Dried Organic Poultry Herbs
- For Italian Butter add 1 teaspoon Dried Organic Italian Herbs
- For Orange Butter add 2 teaspoons fresh orange zest, finely minced
- For Lemon Thyme Butter add 2 teaspoons fresh lemon zest, plus 1 teaspoon Dried Organic Thyme
- For Parsley Butter add 1 teaspoon Dried Organic Parsley
- For Chive Butter add 1 teaspoon Dried Organic Chives
- For Basil Butter add 1 teaspoon Dried Organic Basil
- For Dill Butter add 1 teaspoon Dried Organic Dill
- For Mint Butter add 1 teaspoon Dried Organic Mint
- For Sage Butter add 1 teaspoon Dried Organic Sage
- For Tarragon Butter add 1 teaspoon Dried Organic Tarragon
- For Rosemary Butter add 1 teaspoon Dried Organic Rosemary
- For Oregano Butter add 1 teaspoon Dried Organic Oregano
*Use un-salted butters for low-sodium diets
