Garlic Herb Butter

Kat's Note:

Stuff this under the skin of a chicken with extra garlic, use it for garlic bread, a small disc in the center of a hamburger, or use as a "condiment" for fish and seafood. Adapted from "How to Grill" by Raichlen. You've got to check that book out.

• Total Time: 5 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 1 stick

• 4 tablespoons butter , room temperature
• 1 garlic clove , minced
• ½ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon parsley
• 1 ½ tablespoons basil
• 1 tablespoon oregano

Directions:

1. Beat all ingredients together with a fork until light and fluffy.
2. Place on plastic wrap and roll into a log.
3. Twist ends of plastic wrap to"seal" butter inches.
4. Store in freezer, and cut off discs of butter as needed.
5. You can store this in the fridge, but beware it will not last as long if you use fresh ingredients.
6. Try adding chives, rosemary, or tarragon.

Reviews

[Axe]

I should have rated this ages ago. (Just cleaning out my cookbook) Anyway, this is a kitchen standard for us. It's fantastic to put on a steak just after you take it off the grill. While the steak is resting, the herb butter melts on it and makes a glaze for the steak. The resulting flavor and presentation is fantastic! Thanks for a keeper!

[ginche]

This was very great! It was really good on fresh homebaked bread! Thanks!!

[Derf]

This butter went quite nicely on our veggies , not as much taste as we expected but it was good. Mine went kind of a green/grey colour, maybe because I used too much herbs. will try it again, thanks for sharing.