What’s a compound butter? It’s just butter mashed up and mixed with herbs or spices which then flavor the butter. You can either use it right away, or roll it up in plastic wrap and refrigerate it for later. Just cut slices from it to flavor steaks, chicken, shrimp, veggies or pasta. Here’s one of my favorite compound butter recipes, Southwestern style, with cilantro and lime. Do you ever make herbed butters? If so, what’s your favorite combo? Serve with corn-on-the-cob or over your favorite fill-in-the-blank. Links: Lavender Herb Butter from My Life as a Reluctant Housewife A Quartet of Compound Butters by Heidi of 101 Cookbooks
