Blue Cheese and Garlic Compound Butter

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.

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

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.

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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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

Servings/Adjust Amount: 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.

Course American

Cuisine American

 

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Nutrition

Calories: 89 kcal | Carbohydrates: 0.2 g | Protein: 1 g | Fat: 9 g | Saturated Fat: 6 g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3 g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2 g | Cholesterol: 26 mg | Sodium: 48 mg | Potassium: 6 mg | Fiber: 0.02 g | Sugar: 0.01 g | Vitamin A: 350 IU | Vitamin C: 0.8 mg | Calcium: 30 mg | Iron: 0 mg

 

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.