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Compound butter

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, compound butter means: Butter mixed with flavouring ingredients such as herbs, spices or citrus zest.

In Turkish: çeşnili tereyağı

How it is used

Used as a finishing ingredient; the added flavour is often named before butter.

Example sentences

  1. A slice of compound butter melted over the steak.

    The flavoured butter releases its seasoning as it melts.

  2. We made a lemon compound butter for the grilled fish.

    The flavouring is mixed into the butter before service.

Common collocations

  • herb compound butter
  • compound butter log
  • seasonTo add salt, pepper or other flavourings to food to improve its taste. Well seasoned means the salt and flavour are at the right level.
  • zestThe thin, coloured outer layer of the skin of citrus fruit, full of aromatic oils, grated or cut off to add flavour. As a verb, to zest means to remove it.

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