Maître D’Hôtel Butter

Name: Maître D’Hôtel Butter
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 200 g good-quality unsalted butter, softened; salt and freshly cracked black pepper; salt and freshly cracked black pepper; a pinch of paprika; 3 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley; juice of ¼ lemon

Parsley Butter

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Paul Gayler's Sauce Book

By Paul Gayler

Published 2015

About

The most popular of the cold butter sauces, served with grilled fish, steaks or vegetables.

For a variation, you can replace the parsley with other herbs of your choice, such as tarragon, basil or thyme.

Ingredients

200 g good-quality unsalted butter, softened
salt and freshly cracked black pepper
a pinch of <

Europe
France
Sauce
Mediterranean
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Put the softened butter in a bowl and season with salt, pepper and paprika.
Add the parsley and lemon juice and beat together well.
Leave to stand for 30 minutes, then roll the butter in greaseproof paper or foil into a sausage shape, twist the ends and tighten to form a bon-bon shape. Chill in the fridge or freezer until needed.
To serve, r