Christmas butter with thyme, cumin and orange. Perfect for turkey basting, or add a slice to cooked carrots. 😋
A Jamie Oliver recipe is from Jamie's Christmas cookbook, a video can be found on YouTube.
Flavoured butter is good any time, especially Christmas, Thanksgiving or New Year.
You might also like Chestnut, bacon and sage-flavoured butter recipe, perfect with Brussels sprouts.
Because flavour is key, use good-quality unsalted butter.
How to make flavoured butter
For this recipe, you will need:
- Greaseproof paper (baking parchment) - a large sheet, say 12x10 inches
- 250g pack unsalted butter - at room temperature
- a small bunch of fresh thyme - leaves only
- a pinch of cumin seeds
- zest of 1 orange
Full recipe in the printable recipe card below
Strip the leaves off the stalks of thyme.
See the top tip in the recipe card on how to do this easily! 😉
Put the thyme leaves into a bowl with the softened butter, cumin seeds and orange zest.
Then mix all together thoroughly with a wooden spoon.
At this stage, you could use it as it is as a baste or push underneath the skin of your turkey or add a knob to fish. 😉
Lay your sheet of greaseproof paper out on the worktop with the widest side top and bottom.
Run your hand under the cold tap and smear it over the paper if it won't behave and lay flat!
Put the butter in the centre. Spread it into an oblong, then wrap and roll it up like a Christmas cracker by twisting the ends.
Put it into the fridge to set. When it has you can unroll it and slice it into thick slices.
To freeze:
Roll it back up and pop it into a freezer bag it will keep for about 2 months.
The range of compound butters is limited only by your imagination, have fun and experiment! 😀
More flavoured butter ideas include:
Orange and black pepper butter
Orange - zest only
Black peppercorns - coarsely ground
Christmas butter
a few dried cranberries - chopped
a few sprigs of fresh thyme - leaves picked
fresh rosemary sprigs - leaves picked and finely chopped
a few fresh sage leaves - finely chopped
salt and black pepper to season
1 clementine
Garlic and parsley butter
finely chopped parsley
1 crushed garlic clove
Chilli, coriander & lime butter
Lime - zest only
Red chilli - deseeded and finely chopped
Fresh coriander (cilantro) leaves - finely chopped
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Compound Butter Recipe (Flavoured Butter)
Ingredients
- 250g pack unsalted butter - at room temperature
- a small bunch of fresh thyme - leaves only
- a pinch of cumin seeds
- 1 orange - zest only
Instructions
- Wash the thyme stalks in hot water for about 20 seconds. When cool enough to handle, strip the leaves off all the stalks.
- Put the thyme leaves into a bowl with the softened butter, cumin seeds and orange zest. Then mix all together thoroughly with a wooden spoon.
- Lay your sheet of greaseproof paper out on the worktop with the widest side top and bottom. You can run your hand under the cold tap and smear it over the paper if it won't behave and lay flat.
- Dry your hands, then put the butter in the centre. Spread it into an oblong, then wrap and roll it up like a Christmas cracker by twisting the ends.
- Put it into the fridge to set. When it has you can unroll it and slice it into thick slices.
- To freeze: Roll it back up and pop it into a freezer bag it will keep for about 2 months.
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