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Basil Butter

March 19, 2014 By A Spoonful of Sugar - 8 Comments

Basil Butter

Our basil plant is growing well at the moment and we have an abundance of extra leaves. As we are now in mid autumn, we want to preserve some basil so we have some on hand during the winter months. We love the flavour of basil and it is especially good when added to pasta, salads, fish or lamb dishes. One way to preserve basil is to make basil butter. Quick and delicious!

Basil Butter

Basil butter, and other herb butters are great when added to freshly baked bread, or added to steamed vegetables or fish to create an instant sauce. The flavour of the basil is contained in the butter and it is great way to preserve excess fresh herbs.

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Basil butter will keep stored in the refrigerator for up to 2 months, or in the freezer for up to 6 months. If you are storing it in the freezer, pop the rolled log of butter wrapped in baking paper into a freezer bag and get rid of the excess air.

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Basil Butter
 
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Prep time
5 mins
Total time
5 mins
 
Preserve fresh basil by making basil butter. Perfect accompaniment to fish or steamed vegetables.
Author: Basil Butter
Recipe type: Jams & Preserves
Serves: 10
Ingredients
  • 125 g salt reduced butter (1 stick), softened
  • 2 tablespoons of finely chopped basil
Instructions
  1. In a small bowl, mix together the softened butter with the chopped basil until well combined.
  2. Place half the basil butter onto a piece of baking paper (baking parchment) and shape into a log. Wrap well in the baking paper and tie ends with twine.
  3. Store in fridge or freezer until needed.
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Basil Butter

Other methods of preserving basil include: making pesto sauce or freezing fresh basil.

If you are interested in preserving other herbs, check out how to freeze mint and chives.

Filed Under: Jams/Preserves, Recipes Tagged With: basil, herbs

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Comments

  1. Bek @ Just For Daisy says

    March 19, 2014 at 4:13 pm

    Oh yum! We have an excess of basil too so I think I’ll make some of this! Thanks!

    Reply
    • A Spoonful of Sugar says

      March 19, 2014 at 7:28 pm

      It is so quick and easy Bek. Great to have on hand when you want to add some instant flavour to fish or vege.

      Reply
  2. Nicole (Bellenza Party Suite) says

    March 19, 2014 at 6:50 pm

    Genius idea! Looking at that basil butter makes me wanna grab some basil pasta. So delicious!

    Reply
    • A Spoonful of Sugar says

      March 19, 2014 at 7:29 pm

      Basil is one of our favourite herbs too Nicole! Our plant is going crazy.

      Reply
  3. Kaye says

    March 20, 2014 at 2:12 pm

    Sounds great. We have lots of basil as well. Thanks

    Reply
    • A Spoonful of Sugar says

      March 22, 2014 at 11:31 am

      We used it on some herb bread last night and it was delicious!

      Reply
  4. Stephanie says

    March 24, 2014 at 12:53 am

    Thanks a lot for this recipe.I made your basil butter yesterday with fresh baked bread.Yummy.

    Greetings from Germany

    Reply
    • A Spoonful of Sugar says

      March 24, 2014 at 6:26 am

      Hi Stepanie – Glad you enjoyed the butter on your freshly baked bread. Love the flavour of basil.

      Reply

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