Maître D’ Butter Recipe
This classic easy-to-make Maître D’ Butter Recipe is the perfect finishing touch on all your steak, chicken, fish, pork, and vegetable recipes.
Ingredients
- 4 sticks softened unsalted butter
- ¼ cup finely minced fresh parsley
- Juice of 2 lemons, about ¼ cup
- 2 teaspoons coarse salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- Add the softened butter to a stand mixer and whip with the paddle attachment on high speed for 5-7 minutes until it becomes light and fluffy.
- Next, stop the mixer and add chopped parsley, lemon juice, salt, and pepper.
- Turn the mixer onto low speed and mix until everything is incorporated.
- Transfer the butter to 16” x 12” pieces of parchment paper and slightly form it longways, leaving about 3” of parchment paper on either end of the butter.
- Roll the butter up to form a round log.
- Twist the ends of the parchment paper to tighten it up.
- Freeze the butter for 1 hour or until cold and hard.
- Slice it and serve it on to your favorite cooked protein.
Notes
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: Cover and keep the maître d butter in the refrigerator for 7 days. Cover and freeze for up to 6 months.
You can use this maître d butter directly from the freezer in whatever you want to use it in.
Feel free to enhance this with finely grated garlic or shallots.
You can use other fresh herbs such as parsley, oregano, basil, thyme, chervil, or rosemary.
Nutrition
Calories: 1630kcalCarbohydrates: 1gProtein: 2gFat: 184gSaturated Fat: 117gPolyunsaturated Fat: 7gMonounsaturated Fat: 48gTrans Fat: 7gCholesterol: 488mgSodium: 2355mgPotassium: 103mgFiber: 0.4gSugar: 0.2gVitamin A: 6302IUVitamin C: 10mgCalcium: 68mgIron: 1mg