What can add a simple yet exciting twist to your next meal? Easy, twist up your butter game! Our lime-basil butter is sure to bring a fruity-fresh flavor to all your summer meals! With its pretty yellow color and green herb pieces, the butter will also add a pop of color to any table. Sufficiently a start, this multi-hypenate butter will go well with oh-so many dishes.
Lime-Basil Butter: An Easy Recipe
This recipe is all about the right stuff coming into communion: Fresh basil and chives flirth with lime, the queen of citrus fruits. Soft butter forms the base for the dip and is intermingled with chili flakes, salt, and pepper. Together, our lime-basil butter is the sum of its parts, which is to say: delicious.
The preparation? Super easy too! Start by plucking the basil leaves and then finely chop them and the chives as well. Next, wash the organic limes, grate some zest, and juice them. You mix the whole thing with room-temperature butter, the temperature is very important so that all the ingredients combine and infuse nicely and easily.
Once ready, do beware, you won’t be able to stop enjoying our lime-basil butter! Melt it over a freshly grilled steak and you’ll wonder how you ever managed without it. The fresh lime note also pairs perfectly with seafood such as salmon, sea bream, and shrimp. Even a humble baked potato will find itself zhuzhed with this refreshing recipe. And if you ever want to impress guests: Serve it with crusty bread as an appetizer. Everyone will be thrilled.
As you can see, I can think of many ways to serve lime-basil Butter. Whether it’s for a summer party, a barbecue, or a picnic in the park, with this butter you’ll bring good humor and variety to every table. Not to mention, the recipe can be adjusted and adapted to your heart’s and stomach’s content. So, what are you waiting for? Let’s get mixing!
Summer is a season with lots of fresh produce and meals to experiment with. Being just as playful with your sides and sauces can just as well add a welcome twist to good eating. Case in point are our watermelon and feta bites, zucchini ketchup, and strawberry chutney recipes.
Lime-Basil Butter
Ingredients
- 1 bunch basil
- ½ bunch chives
- 2 organic limes
- 1 cup room temperature butter
- 2 tsp chili flakes
- salt & pink peppercorns
Instructions
- Wash the basil and chives, pluck the basil leaves, and finely chop both herbs. Wash the limes with hot water, dry them, and grate about 1 tsp of zest.
- Cut the limes and squeeze out about 2 tbsp of juice.
- Combine the butter with the basil, chives, lime zest, and lime juice, and season to taste with chili flakes, salt, and pink peppercorns.
- Let the butter firm up in the refrigerator for 60 minutes.