An Easy Way to Fancy Up Your Butter

Salted Citrus-Honey Compound Butter

Compound butter is just butter with mix-ins. While this recipe calls for honey and orange zest, you could flavor your butter with anything: garlic and herbs (1 minced garlic clove and 1 1/2 tsp. each chopped rosemary, thyme, and sage for every stick of unsalted butter), tarragon and lemon zest (1 Tbsp. chopped tarragon, 2 tsp. lemon zest, and 2 tsp. lemon juice for every stick of unsalted butter), blue cheese and chives (2 oz. cheese and 1 Tbsp. chopped chives for every stick of unsalted butter)—the list goes on.

8 oz. unsalted butter, room temperature 
2 Tbsp. honey 
2 tsp. orange zest 
1 tsp. fresh-squeezed orange juice
1 Tbsp. flaky sea salt (such as Maldon)

Using a mixer, whip butter and honey together until smooth and fluffy. Gently fold in juice, zest and salt.

To form the butter, place the mixture on a piece of parchment paper. Roll the butter into a cylinder and place it in a zip-top plastic bag. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours before use.

When you’re ready to use the butter, cut rounds from the frozen log and let sit at room temperature for 10 minutes. Serve with dinner rolls, cornbread—any bread, really.

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