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Homemade Compound Butter Flight (Four Ways) Recipe

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Experience a delightful Homemade Compound Butter Flight featuring four unique flavors: Garlic Crunch and Tomato, Dirty Martini, Honey Browned Butter, and Goat Cheese with Fig. Perfect for elevating breads, steaks, or as a sophisticated gift, this recipe guides you through making each buttery blend and assembling them beautifully.

Ingredients

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Garlic Crunch and Tomato Butter

  • 8 oz unsalted butter (softened)
  • 5–6 garlic cloves (thinly sliced)
  • Olive oil (for frying)
  • ¼ cup sun-dried tomatoes (finely chopped)
  • 3 tbsp tomato paste
  • 1 pinch salt

Dirty Martini Butter

  • 8 oz unsalted butter (softened)
  • 8 Castelvetrano olives
  • 2 tbsp blue cheese (plus more for stuffing)
  • 3 scallions (chopped)
  • 3 tbsp chives (divided)
  • 1½ tsp vodka
  • 1½ tsp olive brine
  • 1 lemon (zest only)
  • 1 pinch salt

Honey Browned Butter

  • 10 oz unsalted butter
  • 3 tbsp honey
  • Flaky salt (to taste)
  • 2 pieces honeycomb (for assembly)

Goat Cheese and Fig Butter

  • 8 oz unsalted butter (softened)
  • 3 oz goat cheese
  • ¼ cup fig jam
  • 1 pinch salt
  • Edible pressed flowers (for assembly)

Instructions

  1. Prepare Garlic Crunch: Add the garlic slices to a cold skillet and cover with olive oil. Place over medium heat and cook until lightly golden, stirring often to prevent burning. Transfer to a cutting board, finely chop, and set aside.
  2. Sauté Tomatoes: In the same pan, sauté the sun-dried tomatoes and tomato paste over medium heat for 3 minutes. Let cool completely.
  3. Mix Garlic Tomato Butter: In a bowl, combine the softened butter, chopped garlic, tomato mixture, and salt. Mix until fully incorporated.
  4. Prepare Olives: Stuff the olives with a small amount of blue cheese and slice thinly lengthwise.
  5. Mix Dirty Martini Butter: In a bowl, combine the softened butter, 2 tablespoons of blue cheese, scallions, half of the chives, vodka, olive brine, lemon zest, and salt. Mix until smooth.
  6. Brown Butter: Add the butter to a saucepan over medium heat and cook until deeply golden and nutty, stirring frequently. Remove from heat and pour into a bowl set over ice. Whisk until the butter thickens and becomes opaque.
  7. Add Honey: Mix in honey and flaky salt to taste into the browned butter.
  8. Prepare Goat Cheese Butter: Mix salt to taste into the softened butter.
  9. Assemble Garlic Crunch and Tomato Butter: Fill two molds with the garlic crunch and tomato butter.
  10. Assemble Dirty Martini Butter: Layer with a sprinkle of chives, about 3 slices of the stuffed olives, and ⅓ of the butter. Repeat until the butter is used.
  11. Assemble Honey Browned Butter: Place a piece of honeycomb into two clean molds and pipe the brown butter and honey butter around it, filling completely.
  12. Assemble Goat Cheese and Fig Butter: Brush the sides of two cube molds lightly with butter and press edible flowers along the sides. Fill each halfway with butter. Using a spoon, push the butter up along the sides to create a small well in the center. Freeze for 10 minutes to set. Once set, layer goat cheese and then fig jam in the well until filled.
  13. Finish and Store: Clean the edges of each cube and refrigerate until fully set. Optionally, wrap and place in a gift box.

Notes

  • Use softened butter to ensure easy mixing and smooth texture for compound butters.
  • Make sure to cook garlic slices on medium heat to avoid burning and achieve a delicate crunch.
  • Browned butter requires close attention to prevent burning; whisking over ice helps to halt cooking and thicken it.
  • Freezing the goat cheese butter molds before adding layers ensures the structure holds well.
  • Compound butters can be stored refrigerated for up to 1 week or frozen for up to 3 months.
  • Perfect for serving with bread, steaks, grilled vegetables, or seafood.

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