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Compound butter made with chives in a ceramic dish.

Chive Butter

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Once you try homemade chive butter, you’ll want to use it on everything. This easy recipe brings lots of flavor with little effort!

  • Total Time: 5 minutes
  • Yield: 1 Cup 1x

Ingredients

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2 sticks of butter (preferably cultured or grass fed, salted or unsalted, see notes)

1 1/2 teaspoons of Course Ground Sea Salt (see notes)

1/3 cup of chopped Fresh Chives

1/4 cup of chopped Chive Flowers

Instructions

  1.  Soften two sticks of butter. See notes for different methods.
  2.  Add 1 1/2 teaspoons of salt if you are NOT using salted butter. If you are using unsalted butter then you can skip the salt.
  3. Stir the salt into the butter until well combined. 
  4. Use scissors or a sharp knife to cut the chives until you have about 1/3 cup. You’ll need 1-2 bunches of chives.
  5.  Chop the chive blossoms, or break them up with your hands until you have about 1/4 cup.
  6. Add the chopped chives and chive blossoms to the softened butter and stir until well incorporated. Use your favorite way! See the blog post for suggestions above.

Notes

Salting The Chive Butter

Course ground sea salt is best, and you don’t need it unless you’re using unsalted butter. In fact, you can make this without salt if you like, just be sure to use salt in whatever dish you are using the butter in.

Freezing and Storing Chive Butter

You can freeze your chive butter by rolling it into logs and wrapping in parchment and putting in a freezer bag. It will keep for up to 6 months.

If you want individual portions, you can also press it into an ice cube tray and let it freeze, then store the frozen cubes in a freezer bag for up to 6 months.

Softening Butter

You can soften your butter in the microwave in a microwave safe bowl but you should only do it for a few seconds at a time. We are only softening the butter, not melting it.

Another way to soften it is to pour boiling water into a jar or glass, pour the water out and place the hot glass or jar upside down over the butter. This will soften it in about 5 to 10 minutes. 

If your kitchen or house is warm, you can also just leave it out on the counter until soft!

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 Tablespoon
  • Calories: 102
  • Sugar: 0 g
  • Sodium: 219.6 mg
  • Fat: 11.5 g
  • Carbohydrates: 0.1 g
  • Protein: 0.2 g
  • Cholesterol: 30.4 mg

Find it online: https://thecoppertable.com/chive-butter/