Herb & Garlic Compound Butter

Name: Herb & Garlic Compound Butter
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 8 tablespoons
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 8 tablespoon unsalted butter room temperature, very soft; 2 piece garlic cloves minced fine; 1 piece small shallot minced fine; 2 tablespoon flat-leaf parsley finely chopped; 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves; 0.5 piece lemon, zested; 0.5 teaspoon flaky sea salt

by Chef Nica 4.5 (54)

Plan ahead — needs about 1 hr extra

Hands-on time is short; just leave room for the 1 hr of hands-off time to do the work.

5 minActive1 hrHands-off

5 min
Prep: 1.1 hrs
Ready in: 8
Servings: Easy
Level

Mix

Beat unsalted butter, garlic cloves, small shallot, flat-leaf parsley, fresh thyme leaves, lemon, zested, and flaky sea salt together in a bowl with a fork until evenly combined.
Roll into a log

Spoon onto plastic wrap, roll into a 1½-inch cylinder, twist ends like a candy wrapper.
Chill

Refrigerate at least 60 min until firm. Slice into ½-inch rounds and place on hot steak to serve.