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Blue Cheese and Garlic Compound Butter

July 10, 2016 - By Dan Mikesell AKA DrDan - Updated October 11, 2019 - 9 Comments

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Make that steak pop with this wonderful blue cheese and garlic compound butter. Add layers of butter, garlic, and blue cheese to make the meal extra special.

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There are as many compound butter recipes as there are people. Well almost. But some basics. First   I use regular salted butter softened a little be setting at room temperature or softened slightly in the microwave. If you use unsalted butter, you should add a little salt.  Second basic, there are no more rules.

Now comes the fun. You can add almost anything you think would be good: Garlic, fresh herbs, shallots, scallions, spices, zest from fruits, cheeses, but mostly anything you want. Now I think the combination I have here is exceptionally good, and my wife has made me repeat it twice.

My Rating

My rating system. Great 5 out of 5

An excellent addition to a steak, veggies or even a baked potato. OK, I can’t survive on this alone, but you get the idea.

A little goes long ways.

Think of a stick of butter. That is 1/2 cup or 8 tablespoons before adding anything. Here I add approximately an equal amount of blue cheese crumbles. It is a little less due to the air space in the cheese. But maybe 12-14 servings of 1 tablespoons and that is a good chunk of butter to me.

ingredients for Blue Cheese and Garlic Compound Butter

Allow one stick ( 1/2 cup) butter to come to room temperature. You can speed that up some with the microwave.

combine ingredients with a fork in a glass bowl

Combine with 1/2 cup blue cheese crumbles. One tablespoon fresh chopped parsley, one teaspoon dry basil and two cloves crushed garlic.

a roll of butter on the parchment paper

Form into a roll in parchment paper and allow to firm up in a refrigerator for 1-2 hours before serving.

image of butter on a steak

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Blue Cheese and Garlic Compound Butter

This wonderful blue cheese and garlic compound butter will add layers of butter, garlic, and blue cheese to make the meal extra special.
Prep Time5 mins
Total Time2 hrs 5 mins
Author: Dan Mikesell AKA DrDan
Course : American
Cuisine : American
Servings/Adjust Amount: 12
12

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter - with salt or add 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt if unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup blue cheese crumbs
  • 1 tablespoon parsley - fresh
  • 1 teaspoon basal
  • 2 cloves garlic - crushed
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Instructions

  • Allow one stick ( 1/2 cup) butter to come to room temperature. You can speed that up some with the microwave.
  • Combine with 1/2 cup blue cheese crumbles. One tablespoon fresh chopped parsley, one teaspoon dry basil and two cloves crushed garlic.
  • Form into a roll in parchment paper and allow to firm up in a refrigerator for 1-2 hours before serving.
 

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Calories: 89kcal | Carbohydrates: 0.2g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 26mg | Sodium: 48mg | Potassium: 6mg | Fiber: 0.02g | Sugar: 0.01g | Vitamin A: 350IU | Vitamin C: 0.8mg | Calcium: 30mg
 

Nutrition is generally for one serving. Number of servings is stated above and is my estimate of normal serving size for this recipe.

 

All nutritional information are estimates and may vary from your actual results. This is home cooking, and there are many variables. To taste ingredients such as salt will be my estimate of the average used.

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  1. Ginger Ward

    June 08, 2019 at 7:28 pm

    Yummy! So good. Thank you so much for sharing.5 stars

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  2. Christine @ myblissfulmess

    December 30, 2018 at 2:06 pm

    For Christmas dinner, we decided to step outside the box, but only a little bit, and grill steaks for our main dish. We found beautiful steaks on sale and I liked the fact that The Hubs can do the grilling, while I take care of the side dishes, instead of me doing it all. To make these steaks extra special for Christmas, I made this compound butter to melt on top of them. It’s incredibly delicious! Everyone loved it, especially The Hubs! This was better than any steakhouse recipe we’ve ever had. So delicious!

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    • DrDan

      December 31, 2018 at 1:22 pm

      Hi Christine,
      Welcome to the blog.
      This is something special I started doing for my wife. She is a blue cheese and garlic hound. But I love it too.
      Thanks for the note and Happy New Years.
      Dan

  3. Ann

    July 16, 2018 at 7:40 pm

    I made the Blue Cheese Butter and it was awesome

    Reply
  4. Ann

    July 05, 2018 at 7:49 pm

    Can you freeze this?

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    • DrDan

      July 05, 2018 at 8:27 pm

      Yes, I do it all the time. Cut into serving size pats. Good frozen for 2-3 months.

  5. Susan B.

    July 02, 2018 at 9:28 pm

    How much is a serving as far as ounces or grams? I see there are 12 servings but I can’t find what is considered a serving. Thank you.

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    • DrDan

      July 02, 2018 at 10:05 pm

      Total recipe makes 1 cup in volume (about 6 oz of weight since the blue cheese crumbles are less dense).

      Think of a 1 tablespoon pat of butter. It will be about 1/3 larger and weight about 1/2 oz. So a good size chunk.

  6. Tim Daugherty

    January 14, 2018 at 2:16 pm

    Made this today for my bacon wraped filet. What a treat, thanks much for posting.

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