COMPOUND BUTTER is everything!

Compound butters are so fun to make because they are super easy to make but also extremely adaptable. I’m trying to think of something you can’t put in one and am struggling. I mean, my Mission Fig and Basil Compound Butter is a sweeter butter in comparison to this more savory recipe and works awesomely on pastries. It’s all about what your end goal is for the butter—what do you want to be using it on. Is it going on a table as part of a spread? Are you making it to use as a kind of kitchen hack so that you can melt it down over say chicken or fish and have a buttery savory mixture all wrapped into one ready to go? All options are awesome in my mind!

THE SHAPE. When it comes to compound butters, you can form a log like I did in my Chive Flower Compound Butter recipe using cling wrap. You can absolutely use molds as well to get more intricate shapes. It’s like play doh in that regard, it will adhere to most shapes.