Flavoured butters have the ability to completely transform a simple dish into something really quite tasty. Just imagine how plain a pancake can be without a delicious spread?
These luxurious sweet butters are so easy to make too. Just mix it all up, leave the flavours to infuse and voilà, your simple dessert is transformed into something finger-licking good.
Sweet Flavoured Butters, Serves 6
Vanilla Butter
Ingredients
100g unsalted butter
Seeds from 1 vanilla pod
2 tablespoons Siúcra icing sugar
Method:
- Leave the butter at room temperature until soft and then mash it with a fork until it is smooth.
- Remove the seeds from the vanilla pod by slicing the pod in half lengthways with a sharp knife. Scrape out the seeds with the back of the knife.
- Add the seeds to the butter and mix.
- Sieve in two tablespoons of Siúcra icing sugar and mix well.
- You can use it like this or you can roll the butter into a sausage shape using baking parchment paper or cling film. Twist the ends of the paper or cling film like a Christmas cracker and put in the fridge until hard enough to slice. Use within one week or freeze and use within one month.
Citrus Fruit Butter
Ingredients:
100g unsalted butter
Rind of one orange, lemon or lime
2 tablespoons Siúcra icing sugar
Method
- Leave the butter at room temperature until soft and then mash it with a fork until it is smooth.
- Grate the rind of whichever fruit you were using over the butter and mix in.
- Sieve in two tablespoons of Siúcra icing sugar and mix well.
- You can use it like this or you can roll the butter into a sausage shape using baking parchment paper or cling film. Twist the ends of the paper or cling film like a Christmas cracker and put in the fridge until hard enough to slice. Use within one week or freeze and use within one month.
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