Compound butter

These are softened butters in which we just add flavoring ingredients (spices, herbs ....). These butters will serve as a topping on meat or grilled fish on vegetables, pasta, potatoes or on slices of toasted bread

To use this technique

Elle & Vire products used
Unsalted Gourmet Butter
Unsalted Tartine et Cuisine

Chef's technique step by step

  1. 1

    Your butter should already have been softened using a spatula.

    Chef's tip

    If you cut the butter into small pieces, you will be able to soften it more quickly.

  2. 2

    When the butter is nice and soft, put it in a mixing bowl. 

  3. 3

    Pour over your ingredients (herbs finely cut ...), salt, pepper ....

  4. 4

    Mix the butter with the ingredients to make a compound butter

  5. 5

    For a refined presentation, fill small ramekins of your compound butter and refrigerate

    Chef's tip

    Quelques idées recettes : beurre d'ail, beurre citron, beurre maitre d'hôtel, beurre à la vanille …

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