Shallot Butter Three Ways
Having a flavoured butter in the fridge means you can take dishes from 0-100 very quickly! These three variations each bring a different delicious flavour profile, and work with everything from steamed green vegetables to steaks.
Caramelised Shallot, Miso and Parmesan Butter
Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes
You’ll need:
250g soft unsalted butter
4 echalion shallots, finely sliced
Sea salt, to taste
50g miso paste
50g honey
50g Parmesan
What to do:
Cook the shallots in a little olive oil with the salt on a medium low heat for 20 minutes until caramelised.
Put the caramelised shallots and all of the ingredients into a food processor and blitz until smooth.
Shallot, Lemon and Herb Butter
Preparation Time: 5 minutes
You’ll need:
250g soft unsalted butter
60g of herbs (we like a mixture of basil, parsley and thyme)
2 cloves of garlic, crushed
Zest of 1 lemon
4 echalion shallots, peeled and roughly chopped
Sea salt, to taste
What to do:
Put all of the ingredients into a food processor and blitz until smooth.
Burnt Shallot, Chilli and Anchovy Butter
Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes
You’ll need:
250g soft unsalted butter
4 echalion shallots
6 anchovy fillets
4 red chillies
1 tsp smoked paprika
Sea salt, to taste
What to do:
Cook the shallots under the grill, or directly on a flame, until blackened.
Once cool enough, squeeze out of their skins and add to the food processor with all of the other ingredients. Blitz until smooth.
Recipes courtesy of UK Shallot
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