Brazil Nut Free Compound Garlic Herb Butter

Compound butter sounds fancy, but this garlic herb version is genuinely one of the easiest things you can make — and the payoff is enormous. Softened unsalted butter gets folded with minced garlic, fresh parsley, chives, thyme, a hit of lemon zest, and a pinch of red pepper flakes for a result that tastes like something from a steakhouse kitchen. The whole thing comes together in one bowl, then gets rolled into a tidy log and chilled until it's ready to slice into gorgeous, melt-worthy rounds. Store-bought flavored butters can be a minefield of mystery ingredients and shared production lines, so making your own means you know exactly what's in it — nothing more, nothing less. Melt a round over a grilled steak, toss it with roasted vegetables, or let it soak into a warm piece of crusty bread and you'll wonder why you ever bought the packaged stuff. It keeps in the fridge for up to a week or in the freezer for two months, so it's worth making a batch to have on hand whenever you need an instant flavor upgrade.

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