Garlic Herb Compound Butter
Soft butter mashed with garlic, fresh herbs and lemon zest, rolled into a log and chilled. Slice off a coin to melt over steak, fish, vegetables or keto bread.
Nutrition per serving
1 tbsp- Net carbs
- 0.3g
- Calories
- 103kcal
- Protein
- 0.2g
- Fat
- 12g
- Total carbs
- 0.4 g
- Fiber
- 0.1 g
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central values for each ingredient (optional ingredients excluded). Brands vary — check your labels if you track closely.
Ingredients
Blue cheese steak butter: Crumbled blue cheese mashed into the butter makes the steakhouse topping that melts into a tangy, savory sauce.
- Mash the blue cheese in with the herbs, leaving out the lemon zest and rosemary, and cut the salt to a pinch, since blue cheese is salty.
Sun-dried tomato & basil: Chopped sun-dried tomatoes and basil make an Italian-style butter for chicken, fish and zucchini.
- Pat the sun-dried tomatoes dry before chopping, then mash them into the butter with the basil in place of the parsley and rosemary.
Cinnamon “honey” butter: A sweet, steakhouse-style butter whipped with allulose and cinnamon instead of garlic and herbs. Spread it on warm keto biscuits, muffins and waffles.
- Beat the butter with the sweetener, cinnamon, vanilla and just a pinch of the salt until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes, then roll and chill as written. Try it on almond flour pancakes or almond flour waffles.
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1 tsp fresh rosemaryleave out -
1 tsp lemon zestleave out - Also add
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1 tsp fresh rosemaryleave out - Also add
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4 cloves garlicleave out -
2 tbsp fresh parsleyleave out -
2 tbsp chivesleave out -
2 tsp fresh thyme leavesleave out -
1 tsp fresh rosemaryleave out -
1 tsp lemon zestleave out -
¼ tsp black pepperleave out - Also add
Estimated cost $3.46 for 16 servings ($0.22 each) · how we estimate
Instructions
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Let the butter soften at room temperature until it’s easy to mash with a fork, about 1 hour. Don’t melt it, or the herbs will sink and the butter turns greasy.
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Mash the butter with the garlic, parsley, chives, thyme, rosemary, lemon zest, salt and pepper until evenly speckled.
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Spoon the butter in a rough line onto a sheet of parchment or plastic wrap. Fold the sheet over and roll the butter into a log about 1½ inches (4 cm) thick, then twist the ends tight like a candy wrapper.
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Refrigerate at least 2 hours, until firm (or freeze for 30 minutes). Slice into ¼-inch (6 mm) coins as needed.
Tips for success
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Top a resting steak with a coin, as for a pan-seared ribeye, or melt it over salmon, roasted vegetables or cauliflower mash. - Using salted butter? Leave out the salt, then taste and add a pinch only if needed.
- Toss a few slices with hot zoodles for an instant garlic butter sauce.
Nice to have, not needed
- A stand mixer whips it lighter and faster — a fork and a sturdy bowl work fine.
Storage & meal prepMeal-prep friendly
- Keeps 7 days in the fridge
- Freezes up to 3 months
Reheat: Use straight from the fridge; slice frozen logs with a knife dipped in hot water.
Prep tip: Freeze half the log pre-sliced into coins, so you can drop one onto a steak or vegetables straight from the freezer.
Refrigerate, tightly wrapped, up to 1 week, or freeze up to 3 months. Slice frozen butter with a warm knife.
Variations
3 variations, each with its own ingredients and macrosBlue cheese steak butter
FlavorCrumbled blue cheese mashed into the butter makes the steakhouse topping that melts into a tangy, savory sauce.
- + 2 oz blue cheese
- no lemon zest
- no fresh rosemary
0.4 g net · 116 kcal · 1 g protein · 13 g fat · ≈$0.32 per serving (+0.1 g net carbs vs the original)
Sun-dried tomato & basil
FlavorChopped sun-dried tomatoes and basil make an Italian-style butter for chicken, fish and zucchini.
- fresh parsley → fresh basil
- + ½ cup oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes
- no fresh rosemary
0.9 g net · 111 kcal · 0.4 g protein · 12 g fat · ≈$0.32 per serving (+0.6 g net carbs vs the original)
Cinnamon “honey” butter
FlavorA sweet, steakhouse-style butter whipped with allulose and cinnamon instead of garlic and herbs. Spread it on warm keto biscuits, muffins and waffles.
- + 3 tbsp allulose or powdered monk fruit blend
- + 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- + ½ tsp vanilla extract
- no garlic
- no fresh parsley
- no chives
- no fresh thyme leaves
- no fresh rosemary
- no lemon zest
- no black pepper
0.1 g net · 103 kcal · 0.1 g protein · 12 g fat · ≈$0.21 per serving (−0.2 g net carbs vs the original)
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