FLAVORED BUTTERS
Stir desired recipe ingredients into 1/2 cup butter, softened.
Cover and chill at least 8 hours. Each combination makes
one serving, so multiply accordingly.
Chili Butter
1 T. chili powder
1 tsp. ground cumin
1/2 tsp. ground red pepper
Serve on warm tortillas, or stir into refried beans or rice.
Cinnamon Butter
1 T. cinnamon
1 tsp. granulated sugar
1 tsp. brown sugar
Serve on hot rolls.
Herb Butter
2 T. chopped fresh dill
1 T. chopped fresh parsley
Serve on assorted steamed vegetables, fish or chicken.
Jalapeño Butter
2 garlic cloves, pressed
1 or 2 jalapeño peppers, seeded and minced
1 T. chopped fresh cilantro
Serve on baked potatoes, rice, or chicken.
Seafood Butter
2 tsp. grated onion
1 1/2 tsp. Old Bay seasoning
Serve on seafood or baked potatoes.
Blackberry Butter
2 T. blackberry jam
Serve on waffles, pancakes, or ham
Blue Cheese Butter
1/4 C. crumbled blue cheese
Serve with crackers as an hors d’oeuvre, or on baked
potatoes or steaks.
Bourbon Butter
2 T. bourbon
Serve on pork chops or ham, toasted pound cake,
waffles or sweet potato biscuits.
Chipotle Pepper Butter
1 T. minced chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
Serve on rice, baked potatoes, chicken, or pork chops.
Citrus Butter
1 T. grated lemon rind
1 T. grated orange rind
Serve on seafood, chicken or pasta.
Cranberry Butter
2 T. cranberry sauce
Serve on sweet potatoes, waffles or ham.
Honey Butter
2 T. honey
1 tsp. grated lemon rind
Serve on sweet potatoes, waffles, winter squash or ham.
Lemon-Anchovy Butter
2 tsp. anchovy paste
1 tsp. grated lemon rind
1 tsp. fresh lemon juice
Serve on seafood.
Lemon Pepper Butter
1 tsp. pepper
1 tsp. grated lemon rind
1 tsp. fresh lemon juice
Serve on steak, fish, chicken or shrimp.
Mediterranean Butter
3 T. minced pitted Kalamata olives
1 garlic clove, minced
2 T. basil olive oil
Serve on sliced French bread for an easy appetizer or
on pasta, fish or chicken.
Pecan Butter
1/2 C. finely chopped pecans, toasted
Serve on pancakes, sweet potatoes, winter squash or
gingerbread.
Pesto Butter
2 T. pesto
Serve on chicken breasts, baked potatoes, steamed
vegetables or pasta.
Sesame Butter
1 T. minced fresh ginger
1 tsp. grated lime rind
1 tsp. dark sesame oil
Serve on shrimp, sweet potatoes, or grilled chicken.
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