Homemade flavored butters are so handy to have stored in the fridge or freezer, ready to add a creamy pop of flavour to meat, fish or vegetables – or melted slowly into freshly baked bread or toast.
We have a collection here for you to choose from, for any occasion and any dish. There’s a range of zesty, tangy, refreshing, warm and spicy flavors to get you adventuring and experimenting with. Hopefully, they’ll give you a taste of how much better homemade butter is, and a bit of incentive to make some flavours of your own.
These flavoured butters are all easy to make and take just a couple of minutes and a few key ingredients. You’ll want to take your plain unsalted butter out of the fridge quite a while before you start so that the butter reaches room temperature and is soft enough to mix with.
While you’re at it, make double the amount and store an extra batch in the freezer. Next time you’re planning a barbecue or corn on the cob or baked potatoes, you’ll have a surprise up your sleeve that no one will have tried before.
Garlic and Chives Butter
Ingredients
- 100 g softened butter
- 1 tsp of garlic finely chopped
- 3 tsp chives finely chopped
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients in a bowl, ensuring that they are well combined
- Place on a large piece of plastic wrap or baking paper
- Form into a long sausage and roll up
- Store in the refrigerator until it hardens
- Slice into rounds and place over hot food
- Freezes well
Lemon and Soy Butter
Ingredients
- 100 g softened butter
- 2 tsp soy sauce
- 2 tsp chopped parsley
- finely grated zest of 1 lemon
- 1 or 2 tsp lemon juice
- Freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients in a bowl, ensuring that they are well combined
- Place on a large piece of plastic wrap or baking paper
- Form into a long sausage and roll up
- Store in the refrigerator until it hardens
- Slice into rounds and place over hot food
- Freezes well
- Good on fish, steak and lamb chops
Feta and Herb Butter
Ingredients
- 100 g softened butter
- 2 wheels of feta cheese
- 2 tsp finely chopped herbs of your choice or a mix of a few of them
- 1 tsp garlic finely chopped
Instructions
- Mash the feta and other ingredients into the butter until well combined
- Place on a large piece of plastic wrap or baking paper
- Form into a long sausage and roll up
- Store in the refrigerator until it hardens
- Slice into rounds and place over hot food
- Freezes well
Cumin and Chilli Butter
Ingredients
- 100 g softened butter
- 1 tsp garlic finely diced
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- ¼ tsp chilli flakes or amount to your liking
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 2 tsp chopped parsley or coriander
Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients (except the cumin) in a bowl, ensuring that they are well combined
- Place on a large piece of plastic wrap
- Form into a long sausage
- Sprinkle the cumin over the sausage and on to the plastic wrap
- Roll the butter on to the cumin on the plastic wrap and wrap up
- Store in the refrigerator until it hardens
- Slice into rounds and place over hot food
- Freezes well
Sun-dried Tomato, Basil and Parmesan Butter
Ingredients
- 100 g softened butter
- 50 g finely grated parmesan cheese
- basil leaves finely chopped
- 2 sundried tomatoes finely chopped
Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients in a bowl, ensuring that they are well combined
- Place on a large piece of plastic wrap
- Form into a long sausage and roll up
- Store in the refrigerator until it hardens
- Slice into rounds and place over hot food
- Freezes well
Anchovy Butter
Ingredients
- 150 g softened butter
- 1 tbsp flat-leaf parsley finely chopped
- 2 tsp finely grated lemon rind
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 6 anchovy fillets drained and finely chopped
Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients in a bowl, ensuring that they are well combined
- Place on a large piece of plastic wrap
- Form into a long sausage and roll up
- Store in the refrigerator until it hardens
- Slice into rounds and place over hot food
- Freezes well
Notes
Café De Paris Butter
Ingredients
- 150 g Softened butter
- 1 tbsp flat-leaf parsley finely chopped
- 2 tsp lemon rind finely grated
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 6 anchovy fillets finely chopped
Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients in a bowl, ensuring that they are well combined
- Place on a large piece of plastic wrap
- Form into a long sausage and roll up
- Store in the refrigerator until it hardens
- Slice into rounds and place over hot food
- Freezes well
Notes
Forget the mess you've had before with wooden lids on butter dishes. This porcelain dish is ceramic all round and on top, keeping things cool in all directions, and 100% dishwasher safe for an easy clean.
It's also a little taller and deeper than standard sizes, so it'll fit all store butter brands and have lots of room for homemade butter pats and rounds.
