Unsalted butter, softened
2 sticks, 1 cup
Snacks
Butter boards and flavored butter.
Soft butter spread on a serving plate with lemon zest, honey and herbs for sharing with bread.
- Makes
- 8 appetizer portions
- Hands-on
- 10 minutes
- Total time
- 10 minutes after butter softens
- Effort
- Easy
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For 8 appetizer portions.
Flaky salt
2 teaspoons
Lemon
1, zest only
Honey
1 tablespoon
Fresh mint
¼ cup
Ground coriander
1 teaspoon
Ground cardamom
⅛ teaspoon
Fresh basil
1 sprig
Crusty bread
1 loaf, sliced, for serving
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KEEP IT SIMPLE
Tools & supplies
Food-safe serving plate
Gives butter a washable serving surface.
Butter knife and zest grater
Spreads butter and removes lemon zest.
STEP BY STEP
Make it
Soften
Stir softened butter until spreadable but not melted.
Spread
Make a thin layer of butter over a clean serving plate.
Season
Distribute salt, lemon zest, coriander and cardamom across it.
Finish
Scatter mint and basil, drizzle with honey and serve with bread and individual spreading knives.
Good to know
- Use a serving plate or food-safe board, not unfinished decorative wood.
- Use individual spreading knives to transfer butter to bread instead of dipping bitten pieces.
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Flavored compound butter
Prepared flavored butter to serve with separately purchased bread.
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Sources & further reading
Independent instructions informed by the sources below. No affiliation or endorsement is implied. These instructions have not been kitchen- or workshop-tested by DIBuyIt.
- Justine Doiron: How to Make a Butter Board — Ingredient amounts and preparation method.