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chive blossom compound butter
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Chive Flower Compound Butter

If you're looking for ways to use all of those chives and chive blossoms, this is an easy way to capture that wonderful flavour and an even better way to create a wonderful hostess gift when you go to your next barbecue!!

Ingredients

  • 1 cup salted butter softened
  • 1/4 cup chopped chives
  • 1/4 cup chive blossoms
  • sea salt if needed

Instructions

  • Soften butter at room temperature and place in a bowl.
  • Gently wash chive blossoms and chives, patting dry with a clean towel (you can even spritz them with a bit of white vinegar); set aside a few blossoms for decoration.
  • Use scissors to finely chop the chives and mix the chives and the chive blossoms into butter; taste and add a pinch of sea salt if needed.
  • Lay a piece of plastic wrap on your counter and sprinkle with the blossoms you set aside.
  • Mold your compound butter into a log and place it on top of the plastic wrap, pressing into the blossoms gently.
  • Roll the butter log and wrap in the plastic wrap.
  • Store in the fridge or in the freezer until ready to use.