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This easy-to-make blue cheese butter recipe is the perfect creamy topping for your favorite steak dish. You will love the big, bold blue cheese flavors in this butter.
I am big into flavored butter and believe it can turn any dish into a wonderful balance of flavor. If you want to try out some fun butter, try my Honey Butter or even how to make Homemade Butter.
Blue Cheese Butter
Blue cheese butter is a simple recipe of softened butter, softened blue cheese crumbles, a hint of lemon juice, and salt and pepper. It is not an overly common recipe, but one that I used to make in the restaurant industry, which we would serve on crostini or steak.
This butter is best served at room temperature, so it is easy to spread on food. If it’s too cold it will break apart and not be overly pleasant to eat.
Ingredients and Substitutions
- Butter – I always use unsalted butter in my cooking and baking to control the sodium content. In addition, it’s important that butter be softened to room temperature so that it easily whips.
- Cheese – I used Maytag blue cheese. However, you can use any blue cheese or gorgonzola will work.
- Lemon — Freshly squeezed lemon juice adds clean acid to the butter, enhancing the flavor of whatever you serve it with.
- Seasoning – Coarse salt and freshly cracked pepper is all that’s used.
How to Make Blue Cheese Butter
Add the lemon juice, blue cheese crumbles, softened butter, and salt and pepper to a medium-sized bowl.
Using a whisk, mix everything together until combined.
Adjust the seasonings with salt and pepper.
Store the butter or serve it. Try spreading some on my filet mignon recipe.
Make-Ahead and Storage
Make-Ahead: You can make this up to 5 days ahead of time. Keep it in the refrigerator or freezer until you are ready to use it.
How to Store: Place it in a container with a lid or rolled in parchment paper and keep it in the refrigerator for up to 7 days. Cover and freeze it for up to 6 months.
chef notes + tips
- You can use other fresh herbs such as parsley, oregano, basil, thyme, chervil, or rosemary.
- Feel free to add some minced raw or roasted garlic for enhanced flavors.
- You can also make this recipe in a stand mixer with the paddle attachment or using electric hand beaters
- If you love blue cheese flavor, you can absolutely add more.
More Butter Recipes
Blue Cheese Butter Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 sticks softened unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese
- juice of 1/2 lemon, about 1 to 1/2 tablespoons
- coarse salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Add the lemon juice, blue cheese crumbles, softened butter, and salt and pepper to a medium-sized bowl.
- Using a whisk, mix everything together until combined.
- Adjust the seasonings with salt and pepper.
- Store the butter or serve it. Try spreading some on my filet mignon recipe.
Blue Cheese Butter Recipe