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    Simple Garlic Butter

    Published: Sep 26, 2021 by Nicky Corbishley

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    This simple garlic butter is so versatile! Use to top steak, make your own garlic bread, or even stir into cooked pasta with a pinch of chilli flakes.
    Easy to make, plus it keeps for a couple of weeks in the refrigerator, so you can make enough for multiple meals.

    A tall image of a glass bowl and a small spoon stirring the garlic butter
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    • 📋 What do we need?
    • 📺 Watch how to make it
    • 🍲 What to serve it with
    • 🍽️ More Steak Toppings/Sauces
    • Simple Garlic Butter
    • 💬 Reviews

    This simple garlic butter recipe is great to have in the fridge and is so versatile.
    I've even been known to spread it onto corn-on-the-cob and use as a dip with dough balls and pizza crusts (the kids idea) but it worked a treat!

    But what I really love to use this garlic butter for is on top of a good steak, one slice will melt beautifully into the meat and form its own little sauce just for me, trust me if you have ten minutes to spare, this will be a game changer to have in your fridge.

    📋 What do we need?

    A wooden table with all the ingredients laid out separately
    • Butter I've used unsalted butter but you can use salted butter and just reduce the amount of salt by half.
    • Parsley If you don't have dried parsley, fresh parsley finely chopped would work too.
    • Garlic Garlic is king in this recipe so you want plump firm cloves.

    📺 Watch how to make it

    Full recipe with detailed steps in the recipe card at the end of this post.

    1. Mix all of the ingredients together in a bowl.
    2. Use right away if you want the butter to be soft
    3. If making ahead, cover the bowl in clingfilm and refrigerate for up to 2 weeks.

    👩‍🍳PRO TIP You don’t have to use regular unsalted butter - Use your favourite butter! I love to use President butter or Kerrygold butter. If you’re using salted butter, just reduce the amount of salt you’re adding by half.

    If you're making ahead, and would those lovely little rounds of garlic butter, then simply spoon the mixed butter out into a fat sausage shape (2.5cm or 1” in diameter) on a long piece of clingfilm. Then roll it into a sausage shape, tying off the ends, then place in the refrigerator until firm.

    A freshly rolled garlic butter with a hand each end tying the ends

    Unwrap and slice into discs when ready to serve.

    A slate on a wooden table with a rolled up garlic butter that has been sliced

    🍲 What to serve it with

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    • Baked salmon on a tray topped with lemon slices. Honey being drizzled on top with a spoon.
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    • Blue Cheese Sauce
    • Red Wine Jus
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    A bowl of garlic butter with a wooden spoon in it, on a wooden table with salt and bulbs of garlic on the side of the bowl

    Simple Garlic Butter

    By: Nicky Corbishley
    This simple garlic butter is so versatile! Use to top steak, make your own garlic bread, or even stir into cooked pasta with a pinch of chilli flakes.
    5 from 3 votes
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    Prep Time 10 minutes mins
    Total Time 10 minutes mins
    Course Butter
    Cuisine French
    Servings 8
    Calories 110 kcal

    Ingredients
     

    • 120 g (8 tbsp) unsalted butter, softened - (or use salted butter, but just add ½ tsp salt instead of 1 tsp)
    • 1 tsp salt
    • 3 cloves of garlic - peeled and minced
    • 2 tsp dried parsley

    INSTRUCTIONS
     

    • Mix all of the ingredients together in a bowl.
    • Alternatively, spoon the mixed butter out into a fat sausage shape (2.5cm or 1” in diameter) on a long piece of clingfilm.
    • Wrap the butter in the clingfilm and roll it on the countertop to get an even sausage shape. Place in the refrigerator to firm up.
    • Unwrap and slice into discs when ready to serve.

    Video

    ✎ Notes

    Using the garlic butter right away?
    You can use the garlic butter straight after the mixing step if you don't need to store it.
    Use right away if you want the butter to be soft (i.e if you’re spreading it on bread to make garlic bread).
    Can I make it ahead?
    Absolutely, this simple garlic butter was made to be prepared ahead, just keep it covered in the fridge and it will last for two weeks.
    Use right from the fridge if you want it firm, or leave, covered on the countertop for an hour, if you want it softer.
    Ingredient swaps
    Chilli flakes, try adding some chilli flakes for a bit of a kick
    Curry Powder, a teaspoon added to the butter along with some cumin would be so good on  potatoes or chicken 
    Smoked butter, if you have a smoking gun you can cold smoke the butter to add a seriously chefy touch 
     
    Nutritional information is per serving. This recipe serves 8.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 110kcalCarbohydrates: 1gProtein: 1gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 32mgSodium: 293mgPotassium: 12mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 377IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 7mgIron: 1mg
    Keywords Butter, topping for steak
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    1. Grahame says

      October 03, 2021 at 11:32 pm

      Great recipes Nicky, I was sure you would include my favourite compound butter "Cafe de Paris" Oh well maybe next time.

      Reply
    2. JOHN TAGGART says

      October 03, 2021 at 4:42 pm

      5 stars
      So easy and tasty, I use slightly more garlic and WOWEEE but can it be frozen??

      Reply
    3. Roger says

      September 27, 2021 at 3:10 pm

      5 stars
      Hi Nicky, a bit pedantic I know, but the word "Alternatively" needs to be deleted from Instruction 2!
      Regards, Roger

      Reply
      • Carol says

        November 30, 2021 at 11:46 pm

        5 stars
        Roger, it really doesn't need to be deleted - you can use it from the bowl for garlic bread (like me). or, alternatively you can make it into a sausage shape and refrigerate!

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