Blue Cheese Butter
This Blue Cheese Butter is a creamy, tangy compound butter made with softened butter, blue cheese, garlic, chives, shallots, and lemon zest. Scoop it over hot steak, burgers, vegetables, or bread for an easy savory finish.
Servings: 8
Calories: 79kcal
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp Butter unsalted and softened
- 2 oz Blue Cheese crumbles
- 3 cloves Garlic minced
- 1 tbsp Fresh Chives freeze-dried or fresh both work
- ¼ tsp Black Pepper coarse
- ¼ tsp Natural Ancient Sea Salt
- 2 tsp Shallots finely chopped
- ½ Lemon zest
Instructions
- Add all of the ingredients to a small bowl
- Stir to incorporate
Notes
- Use softened butter, not melted butter: Soft butter mixes smoothly and keeps the texture creamy. Melted butter can separate.
- Break up large blue cheese crumbles: Smaller pieces spread the flavor through the butter more evenly.
- Taste before adding extra salt: Blue cheese can be salty, so mix first, then adjust.
- Serve it over hot food: Steak, burgers, vegetables, and bread will melt the butter into a rich topping.
- For sliceable butter: Chill it into a log before storing, then slice as needed. A photo tutorial for this is in my garlic herb butter for steak post.
Nutrition
Calories: 79kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 200mg | Potassium: 37mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 0.3g | Vitamin A: 247IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 44mg | Iron: 0.1mg
