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blue cheese & lemon compound butter

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Private Recipe by
Raven Higheagle
Prescott, AZ

I confess I have a serious love affair with butter. Oil is called for in a baking recipe? Bah…use ghee instead! Oil in sautéed vegetables? No thank you, I use butter instead. Really, I use butter every single place I can unless it’s a ridiculous notion to do so. Butter is just plain better, no?

yield serving(s)
prep time 5 Min
method Refrigerate/Freeze

Ingredients For blue cheese & lemon compound butter

  • 2 clove
    garlic
  • 125 g
    blue cheese
  • zest of one lemon
  • juice of one lemon
  • 1 c
    butter (salted), softened

How To Make blue cheese & lemon compound butter

  • 1
    In a small bowl, mash the cheese with the lemon zest and juice until well combined.
  • 2
    Stir in the butter until completely incorporated.
  • 3
    Lay out some plastic wrap and spoon the mixture onto the bottom in a line.
  • 4
    Roll up, twist ends (you thought I was going somewhere else with that didn’t you?) and freeze.
  • 5
    When ready for use, remove from freezer about 15 minutes before you need it, slice off rounds and add to whatever you want!
  • 6
    Suggestions for use: Steak! Fennel and Apple Soup Boiled or roasted corn Baked potatoes Spread over toast for crostinis Used in place of regular butter in mashed sweet or regular potatoes
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