Today I want to talk about a few things. First, there’s this:
Foodies of the World is a book about food and foodies being published by the Slattery Media Group out of Australia. A few months back they contacted me about being featured in a book they were working on and I couldn’t resist but agree! As the cover boasts: “More than 100 recipes from the world’s great food blogs” and I couldn’t agree more. Though I have yet to receive my copy, I have seen quite a few other bloggers boasting (and rightly so!) about their inclusion as well. Some of my fellow bloggers include Sea Salt with Food, Wellsphere, And Then I do the Dishes and Eat. Live. Travel. Write. how could I have said no?
If you are interested in buying a copy, feel free to use the link above or the one located in the left sidebar. As you may have figured out, there is a commission involved if you use these links. Just know that you are continuing to fund our adventures in food and living! Now on to the food!
Today, let’s talk about butter.
I confess I have a serious love affair with butter. Oil is called for in a baking recipe? Bah…use ghee instead! Oil in sautéed vegetables? No thank you, I use butter instead. Really, I use butter every single place I can unless it’s a ridiculous notion to do so. Butter is just plain better, no?
So it is with this in mind that I offer you two recipes today for compound butters.
One, a blue cheese compound butter and the other, an avocado lime compound butter. Both are amazingly tasty in their own right, but when added to dishes they absolutely sing!
So without further ado, here are the recipes and following that, some suggestions for uses:
Blue Cheese & Lemon Compound Butter
2 cloves garlic
125g blue cheese
zest of one lemon
juice of one lemon
1 cup butter (salted), softened1. In a small bowl, mash the cheese with the lemon zest and juice until well combined.
2. Stir in the butter until completely incorporated.
3. Lay out some plastic wrap and spoon the mixture onto the bottom in a line.
4. Roll up, twist ends (you thought I was going somewhere else with that didn’t you?) and freeze.
5. When ready for use, remove from freezer about 15 minutes before you need it, slice off rounds and add to whatever you want!
Suggestions for use:
- Steak!
- Fennel and Apple Soup (recipe coming soon!)
- Boiled or roasted corn
- Baked potatoes
- Spread over toast for crostinis
- Used in place of regular butter in mashed sweet or regular potatoes
Avocado Lime Compound Butter
1/4 cup butter (salted), softened
1 large avocado
zest of one lime
juice of one lime1. In a small bowl, mash the avocado with the zest and juice of the lime.
2. Stir in the butter until incorporated.
3. Roll up, twist ends and freeze.
4. When ready for use, remove from freezer about 15 minutes before you need it, slice off rounds and add to whatever you want!
Suggestions for use:
- Over salmon or other fish
- Boiled or roasted corn
- spread over toast for crostinis
- Over chicken breasts
Similarly delicious recipes on other blogs:
Fresh Herb Compound Butter on The Hungry Mouse
Smoked Paprika and Tarragon Compound Butter on Foodie NYC
Rotini in Kumquat Jalapeno Compound Butter on Health Nut
Whiskey Compound Butter on The Way the Cookie Crumbles
Moroccan Spiced Compound Butter on Menu in Progress
I shold call you Julia (Childs). I too love butter….great recipes.
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Congrats,Elizabeth! Look forward to getting my own copy of the book soon!
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Thanks for stopping by my blog. Wow, your photos are fantastic and your site is terrific! Congrats on the book – that is really exciting. And that compound butter on the salmon makes me want to pick up my fork and take a big bite.
Yes, I too have seen a few posts with this exciting cookbook over the last day or so as well.., can’t wait to check it out as some of my fave bloggers are included – so congrats on your bit.
Butter you say….., a serious fan. I’m having steak for dinner tomorrow evening and the bluecheese butter will be happily sitting on top. I love it when I see a few little elegant touches in the blogesphere that have turned my simple ‘steak n salad’ into a dish worthy of adding a special bottle of wine to compliment it.
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Congrats on being included in the book girl. What an awesome accomplishment. Can wait to get myself a copy.
I don’t know which I want to plunge my fork in first … salmon or steak??? Congrats on the book as well!
Maria recently posted..Dandelion Greens with Roasted Parsnip & Turnip Skordalia
What a great book! Congrats on being featured. I am a butter girl, too. It gets even better when amazing flavors are added like these. Both sound so great!
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