in Recipes

Orange-basil butter

updated

Spread the love

Ingredients for 1 servings:

  • 125 g butter
  • ½ orange(s), untreated
  • 6 sprigs basil
  • some salt and pepper

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Rest time approx. 2 hours; Total time approx. 2 hours 15 minutes

Place the butter in a bowl and let it come to room temperature. Wash the basil, spin dry, pick off the leaves, and roughly chop. Wash the orange, zest half of it, and then squeeze the juice from half of it. Stir the basil, orange juice, and zest into the butter and season with salt and pepper. Place the butter on cling film, roll it into a log, and refrigerate it, keeping it sealed. Let it set again.

Facebook Comments

Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

Tomato salad with passion fruit dressing

Ham focaccia with mozzarella