Whether you are looking at add flavor to steaks, turkey, or other meats, or you want a tasty spread for your bread, compound butter is a simple herb butter that will bring your cooking to a new level!
Allow butter to come to room temperature so that it is very soft.
Add the butter to a bowl with all of the other ingredients.
Mix together all of the ingredients until the herbs are well dispersed in the butter.
If you are short on time, and don't have fully softened butter, you can use a food processor to help mix the butter with the herbs. The blades of the food processor will help break up the butter enough to incorporate all of the herbs.
Scoop the herb butter onto the center of a sheet of parchment paper or plastic wrap.
Roll up the paper or plastic, forming the butter into a log shape. Roll up the ends of the paper like a wrapped candy.
Place the log of herb butter into the fridge or freezer until the butter has firmed up again.
Unroll the butter and slice it into disks to use on your meats or to serve for spreading on bread.
Notes
This is just an example of an herbal butter that I normally use for roasting a turkey or roasting a chicken. It would also be great served atop your steak. Feel free to customise the recipe with your favorite herbs!