Description
Homemade garlic chive dill herb butter elevates simple spreads with fresh garden flavors. Rich herbal notes complement creamy butter, offering delightful complexity when slathered on warm bread or melted over grilled meats.
Ingredients
Scale
- ½ cup (113 g) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 tbsp finely chopped dill
- 1 tbsp finely chopped chives
- ½ clove garlic, grated
- ½ tsp sea salt
Instructions
- Preparation: Retrieve softened butter and position in a mixing bowl, ensuring a room temperature consistency for effortless blending.
- Herb Processing: Finely chop dill and chives into microscopic fragments, creating an aromatic and visually appealing herb mixture that will distribute evenly throughout the butter.
- Garlic Integration: Grate garlic clove using a microplane, transforming it into a silky, intense pulp that will infuse the butter with robust flavor.
- Seasoning: Sprinkle sea salt across the butter surface, amplifying its natural savory characteristics and enhancing overall taste profile.
- Mixing Technique: Employ a flexible spatula to thoroughly incorporate herbs and seasoning, creating a harmonious and uniform herbed butter with consistent texture and color distribution.
- Shaping and Wrapping: Position parchment paper on the work surface, transfer herbed butter mixture to the center, and skillfully roll into a compact cylindrical log, ensuring tight and secure wrapping to prevent air infiltration.
- Flavor Development: Refrigerate the wrapped butter for 8-12 hours, allowing herbs and seasonings to meld and intensify, creating a sophisticated and complex flavor dimension.
- Serving Preparation: Remove butter from refrigerator 10 minutes prior to serving, allowing slight softening for smooth spreading on breads, grilled vegetables, or as a gourmet condiment.
Notes
- Soften Butter Perfectly: Allow butter to reach room temperature naturally for 30-45 minutes to ensure smooth, easy blending without microwaving, which can cause uneven melting.
- Chop Herbs Finely: Use a sharp knife to mince herbs uniformly, preventing large herb chunks and ensuring balanced flavor distribution throughout the butter.
- Salt Selection Matters: Choose high-quality sea salt or kosher salt to elevate the butter’s overall taste profile and complement the delicate herb nuances.
- Proper Wrapping Technique: Roll butter tightly in parchment paper, creating a compact log to prevent air exposure and maintain fresh herb-infused flavor during refrigeration.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 hours 10 minutes
- Category: Snacks, Appetizer, Dinner
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 9
- Calories: 100
- Sugar: 0 g
- Sodium: 58 mg
- Fat: 11 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 1 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 0 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg