Sweet Lemon Chive Compound Butter is a simple way to step your Easter meal up to the next level. It only takes a few minutes to make the compound butter, and the chives teamed with lemon and honey just seem "springy"... bright, sweet and featuring one of the first spring herbs to pop through the earth.
How to Make Sweet Lemon Chive Compound Butter
Picking fresh chives, for compound butter.
Compound butter ingredients gathered.
Chopped chives. Make sure they are fine.
Chop the lemon zest very fine too.
Add honey to compound butter mixture.
Mash the butter and stir well until it looks like this.
To make heart shaped butter pats, press and smooth into small cookie cutters and gently pres with fingers, while lifting cutter.
For quicker simple pats, just press flat in parchment paper as shown here. If you want to "fancy them up", for your holiday table, have older kids use decorative edge scissors to trim edges.
Sweet Lemon Chive Butter
Ingredients
- ¼ lb. salted butter
- 3 tbs. finely chopped chives
- zest of ½ a lemon
- 1 teaspoon honey
- ¼ tsp. Kosher salt
Instructions
- Chop butter and place in mixing bowl.
- Mince the lemon zest.
- Add chives, zest, honey and salt to the butter. Mash and mix well.
- Refrigerate, until about ½ hour before serving time.
Coryanne Ettiene says
I love what you did with the butter! Fabulous in every way.
Robin says
It was a little too good. Completely blew my diet today
:blushes with shame:
April Decheine says
Awesome, the little heart cut outs, omg I need to get some of them! Great Post, beautiful pictures!
Robin says
The one in the pic is from a vintage set, but I'm sure you can buy them today. Probably not as singles though.
Amy says
That looks delicious. And I love the little hearts!
Rachel @ Following In My Shoes says
I adore any butter compound... I may have to give this a try ... Sund silk it would be good with a pesto pasta night.
Kristin G. says
I can't cook to save my life, but this I could do. I'm going to bring some to my Aunt's house for Easter dinner this year. It's the first year I won't bring store bought stuff.
Joy Williams says
This looks fabulous. Your pictures are great too!! I will definitely make this soon!
Paula @ Frosted Fingers says
Your pictures are beautiful! I can't wait to get to Walmart and pick up this bread for our family!
Tonia @The Gunny Sack says
My mouth is watering!! It sounds & looks delicious!
Feast on the Cheap says
Oh my goodness...mouth is watering
Chelsea @ Someday I'll Learn says
Your pictures are SO amazing!! I love the little heart-shaped butter pats.
Kristy says
Love your pictures and great idea on the cookie cutters!
Comiendo en LA says
Love the idea and presentation! Looks delicious!!
Glenda says
Easy AND beautiful! A perfect combination for delicious treats! Thanks for sharing!
Crystal @ Simply Being Mommy says
Very nice! I didn't know making compound butters were so simple.
diane says
LOVE your photos! My chives are going crazy in my garden right now, I may have to try this!
Vanessa Nunley says
My mouth is watering and the heart shaped butter is adorable!
Henrietta says
Oh yum! This looks so good and I have a nice big clump of chives to try it with!
Stefani says
Your recipes are making me hungry!