plus

easy-to-make butters flavoured with herbs, spices, sugars or other ingredients can be delicious with fish, grilled meat or puddings - best made with a slightly softened unsalted butter,it can be mixed well in advance ... simply roll the butter mixture into a sausage shape - or freeze wrapped in foil - and slice off as required

for a herb butter, add a small bunch each of flat-leaf parsely, chervil and tarragon to the food processor, whizzing them until finely chopped, then add 2oz of unsalted butter, whizz again until smooth, season to taste, place on a sheet of greaseproof paper, shape into a ball, and roll it out into a sausage shape

to 2oz of unsalted butter, try adding
* zest and juice of 1 lime
or
* a small pinch of chilli paste, a pinch of cayenne and i teaspoon of lemon juice

or for a sweet butter add:
* 1 tablespoon of caster sugar, 1 or 2 soft ripe strawberries and 2 teaspoons of vodka to to the butter

Henrietta Green's New Country Kitchen, Conran Octopus

plus

Related articles