Tuesday, October 23, 2012

I bought the butter, now what??





    Compound  butters (French: "Beurre composé") are mixtures of butter & supplementary ingredients, used to enhance flavor, and can be used in the following ways;

~As a Finishing Butter on: Risottos, grilled gourmet burgers, chicken, steaks, fish, escargot, and vegetables from Asparagus - Zucchini!  
~Pan Sear  or Sauté meat, poultry, shrimp, and fish in compound butter before finishing by grilling, baking, braising, or roasting.  Pan fry veggies with our butters -Try frying Tomatoes in them!
~As a Topping on: Baked potatoes, toast, bagels, crackers.  Chipotle lime is great on Corn-On-the-Cob and popcorn!
 ~ Sweet Honey Butters are a great Topping on oatmeal, biscuits, waffles, pancakes, and muffins.
~Turn butters into a Sauce for; crab fish, meat and poultry dishes by adding them to a little wine and/or a broth base.  
~You can finish most white or savory sauces with an extra zing from our butters.
~Bake cookies, pie crust and other sweet desserts with our butters.  When a recipe calls for butter, sometimes savory herb butter makes a great substitution such as our lemon basil butter in a shortbread cookie! Or pie crust
~As a Spread on bread or present butters similar to cheese on a cheese/meat/cracker platter.
~Melt as dressing or drizzle on warm pasta or potato salad.
~Have a "Beurre composé" tasting party.  They make an interesting array of Dipping Butters at your next crab/clam/seafood bake theme party
~Use as a beautiful Garnish on top of potatoes, yams, green veggies at your Holiday Dinner Table.

*Stores airtight in freezer for two months

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