Description
Bobby Flay’s blue cheese butter elevates steak with rich, tangy complexity. Creamy butter blends perfectly with sharp blue cheese for an unforgettable steakhouse-style condiment you’ll savor on grilled meats.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 oz (113 g) blue cheese, room temperature
- 1 stick (½ cup or 113 g) unsalted butter, room temperature
- Fresh herbs (parsley, thyme, rosemary, or chives), to taste
- Finely minced garlic, to taste
Instructions
- Blend Ingredients: Vigorously mash softened butter and crumbled blue cheese together using a fork, creating a textured mixture with distinctive cheese fragments while ensuring thorough incorporation.
- Shape Mixture: Position the blended mixture in the center of a plastic wrap sheet, carefully rolling and molding into a uniform cylindrical log with smooth, even edges.
- Wrap and Seal: Tightly roll the log within the plastic wrap, applying gentle pressure to compact the mixture, then twist the wrap ends securely to prevent air infiltration.
- Chill and Set: Refrigerate the wrapped butter log for a minimum of 2 hours to allow flavors to meld and texture to firm up, enhancing the overall taste profile.
- Long-Term Storage: For extended preservation, transfer the log to the freezer, where it can maintain optimal quality for up to 3 months when protected with an additional aluminum foil layer.
Notes
- Cheese Selection Matters: Choose high-quality, tangy blue cheese for maximum flavor complexity and authentic taste profile.
- Temperature Control Critical: Ensure butter is exactly room temperature before mixing to achieve smooth, spreadable consistency without breaking.
- Texture Precision Technique: Gently mash ingredients, leaving small blue cheese crumbles visible for visual appeal and textural interest.
- Storage Strategy Tip: Wrap tightly in plastic and optional foil layer to prevent flavor absorption and maintain butter’s pristine condition for up to 3 months.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dinner, Appetizer, Snacks
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 500
- Sugar: 1 g
- Sodium: 600 mg
- Fat: 54 g
- Saturated Fat: 34 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 18 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 2 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Cholesterol: 150 mg