Pork Free Maître d' Butter
This classic French compound butter is pure elegance in the simplest form — bright with fresh parsley, lifted by lemon zest and juice, and seasoned just enough to make everything it touches taste like a restaurant plate. Every ingredient here is naturally free of pork and pork-derived products, so there's no need to scrutinize labels or swap anything out. The technique is straightforward: beat, mix, roll, chill, and slice. That's genuinely it. Once you have a log of this in the fridge, you're about ten seconds away from turning a grilled steak, a piece of roasted fish, or even a pile of vegetables into something that feels genuinely special. The butter melts on contact with heat, creating an instant glossy, herb-flecked sauce right on the plate. Make a batch on the weekend and it'll quietly upgrade your weeknight dinners all week long.
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8 servings
- ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
- 3 tbsp fresh flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
- 1 tsp lemon zest (from about 1 lemon)
- 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
- ¼ tsp fine sea salt
- ⅛ tsp freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- 1
Place the softened butter in a mixing bowl and beat with a fork or hand mixer until smooth and evenly creamy, about 1 minute.
- 2
Add the parsley, lemon zest, lemon juice, salt, and black pepper. Mix until the herbs and seasonings are evenly distributed throughout the butter with no streaks remaining.
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