Homemade Herb Butter

Butter is one of those creations that once you realize how easy it is to make, you’ll question buying if from the store ever again. It also feels like a cool science experiment. I found myself thinking: “So someone just overmixed cream one day and was like ‘I’m not throwing this out’ and voila, sorted butter?!” Yes, welcome to my brain.

I tell you what though, I can taste the difference in good butter. This may sound unbelievable to some but I remember sitting at a restaurant in Edinburgh and while I waited for my soup to arrive they brought me a plate of fresh bread with a smear of butter slapped on the side of the plate. At first, I was highly skeptical but it was honest to gosh the best butter I may have ever tasted. 

While I still have access to all the fresh herbs, I decided to make a herby butter to slather on some yummy bread. While you can substitute for dried, I highly recommend fresh herbs for this as the oils and flavor will come through so much stronger. 

So whether your smear it onto the side of your dish, slather it over grilled cheese, or top your next steak with it, this fresh herby butter will add so much delicious flavor to your next dish.

WHAT IS BUTTER?

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INGREDIENTS

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HOW TO MAKE HERB BUTTER FROM SCRATCH

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3 ways to use this herb butter

MAKING AHEAD & STORING

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Homemade Herb Butter

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Servings 1 stick (approx. 1/2 cup)

Course Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, Side Dish

Cuisine American

Once you realize how easy it is to make homemade butter, you'll question buying it from the store ever again. This easy, 3-ingredient butter is quick and simple to whip up plus it's packed with yummy, fresh herby flavor! Slather it on toast, add it to soups, or top your next steak with it for an easy way to bring tons of flavor to your next dish!

Equipment

• Standing Mixer
• Whisk Attachment
• Measuring Cups
• Measuring Spoons
• Spatulas
• Bowl
• Parchment Paper

Ingredients

• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1 tablespoon fresh herbs chopped
• ⅛ tsp salt

Instructions

• Pour your heavy cream into the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment and mix on medium-high speed. The mixture will first turn to whipped cream before starting to separate. Once it starts to become separated, with more liquid at the bottom, place a towel over your mixture (or risk the liquid spraying everywhere), and mix until the butter is completely separated from the liquid (which will look like watery milk)
• Clump the butter together and place it in a bowl filled with ice water. Squeeze* the butter together in the water, dumping and replacing your ice water as it gets cloudy. Once the water is no longer cloudy, place the butter in a bowl
• Add your chopped herbs and salt to the butter and mix with a spoon to blend the flavors evenly throughout the butter
• Mold the butter into a log and wrap it in parchment paper before placing in the fridge
• Congrats, you’ve made butter! This will keep in the fridge for 2-3 weeks* or frozen for up to 9 months

Video

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Notes

*Do not skimp on squeezing the butter in the ice water until the water runs clear. This process gets the remaining buttermilk out of the butter, if not done completely the butter will go rancid within the week

*You can store this in the fridge or wrap it and place it in the freezer. I like to slice into discs and freeze any extra butter for future, small-batch use!