Herb Butter With Garlic (Compound Butter)

Herb butter with garlic is quick and easy to put together. This compound butter complements so many recipes like steak, fresh vegetables, mashed potatoes, and bread. Fresh garlic and herb turn butter into a delicious spread in minutes.

Homemade herb butter adds so much flavor to many recipes like steaks, vegetables, corn on the cob, and bread. We like to use this as a spread on our French bread as well as our cheese and garlic crack bread recipe. It makes amazing garlic bread when toasted.

What Is Herb Butter With Garlic

Herb butter with garlic is a compound butter. Which is just a fancy way of saying butter that has other ingredients added to it. In this case, the ingredients we added to our butter were fresh herbs and garlic. We have used dried herbs for this butter as well and that tasted amazing as well.

Garlic herb butter is simple to make and only takes a few minutes to make. Once the butter is made it can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to two months. There are many ways to store this butter. I like to roll the butter up in parchment paper and then wrap plastic wrap around it. Twist the ends closed to form a log shape and place in the fridge. This will give me a log of butter that can be sliced and added to recipes. Of course, placing this compound herb butter in butter molds would also work.

If you want to use it as a spread then you may want to take it out of the refrigerator to come to room temperature. Softened butter will definitely spread on bread much easier.

How To Make

Making the best compound butter started with using plenty of herbs and real butter. I use unsalted butter so I will make sure to start out with a stick of butter that is at room temperature. I also like to use a combination of herbs.

Compound butter can be made with dried or fresh herbs. I have made it both with dried and fresh herbs, I do prefer fresh herbs.

Using fresh garlic really brings in a more garlic flavor. Then my normal pre-minced garlic in a jar that I use. Either way, this homemade fresh herb butter turns out delicious. It's easy to make either way.

Just add the fresh herbs, garlic, and room temperature butter to a mixing bowl. Stir all the ingredients together. A hand mixer or food processor would make quick work of combining all the ingredients together.

More Questions Answered

How is herb butter used? This butter can be used in so many delicious ways. Simply as a spread on your favorite bread. Or use it on French bread slices and toast it in the oven for garlic bread. Kick up the flavor of steaks or different meat. Change the flavor of mashed potatoes, and vegetables by adding a pat of this butter.

To use unsalted or salted butter for making this compound butter? I say unsalted only because if I'm adding it to another recipe chances are there will be salt in that recipe.

Can garlic herb compound butter with garlic be frozen? It sure can!! An easy way to do this would be adding the butter into ice cube trays, once it's frozen place the frozen cubes into a freezer bag. Then you can reach into the freezer bag and grab one to put into the pan while searing a steak. The butter compound may be stored like this for up to 6 months.

You can make different flavor combinations by adding in different herbs like fresh rosemary or using roasted garlic. Add in some lemon zest or black pepper to this buttery base to add to your favorite recipes.

I have a dish of this homemade compound butter in the refrigerator to use in replacement of regular butter to add a garlic and herb flavor to many recipes. If stored in an air-tight container this compound butter mixture will last in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.

A delicious way to enjoy this amazing butter recipe would be on top of steamed broccoli.

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