Post by mandie68 on Oct 28, 2013 22:23:01 GMT -5
Herb Butter
Ingredients
1 pound butter
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
3 tablespoons fresh chives, chopped
2 tablespoon thyme, chopped
2 tablespoon sage, chopped
2 tablespoon rosemary, chopped
Alton’s recipe calls for making this is a food processor, but I decided to use my Blendtec. The method remains the same.
Directions
First, chop the butter up into uniform chunks and set aside. (Since I was putting mine in the Blendtec and was pretty sure it would make short work of the butter WITHOUT chopping it up first, I left it in stick form.)
Pour the oil into the blender (or food processor) and add the herbs.
Process until finely chopped and the herbs have colored the oil a beautiful green color.
Pour the oil and herbs mixture out into a small bowl and add the butter to the blender (or to a stand mixer). Process until soft and light in color (approximately 5 – 7 minutes in the stand mixer).
Add the herb oil to the butter and process for another 1 – 2 minutes until oil is fully incorporated.
Spoon butter onto plastic wrap.
Roll into a log and chill for 2 hours before serving. (Here’s a trick: after you have spooned the butter onto the plastic wrap, hold both ends of the plastic and spin the log until the ends tighten, then tuck the ends under. I hope that made sense. lol)
Ingredients
1 pound butter
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
3 tablespoons fresh chives, chopped
2 tablespoon thyme, chopped
2 tablespoon sage, chopped
2 tablespoon rosemary, chopped
Alton’s recipe calls for making this is a food processor, but I decided to use my Blendtec. The method remains the same.
Directions
First, chop the butter up into uniform chunks and set aside. (Since I was putting mine in the Blendtec and was pretty sure it would make short work of the butter WITHOUT chopping it up first, I left it in stick form.)
Pour the oil into the blender (or food processor) and add the herbs.
Process until finely chopped and the herbs have colored the oil a beautiful green color.
Pour the oil and herbs mixture out into a small bowl and add the butter to the blender (or to a stand mixer). Process until soft and light in color (approximately 5 – 7 minutes in the stand mixer).
Add the herb oil to the butter and process for another 1 – 2 minutes until oil is fully incorporated.
Spoon butter onto plastic wrap.
Roll into a log and chill for 2 hours before serving. (Here’s a trick: after you have spooned the butter onto the plastic wrap, hold both ends of the plastic and spin the log until the ends tighten, then tuck the ends under. I hope that made sense. lol)