herbed butter.jpg — Cooking Tip- How to make Compound Butter

Updated 2025. If you've never made compound herbed butter, then you're missing out! There’s nothing quite like the flavor boost a good compound butter can bring to your cooking. Whether melted over grilled steak, stirred into pasta, tossed with vegetables, or spread on warm bread, compound butter is a simple way to elevate everyday dishes into something special.

The best part? It’s incredibly easy to make, completely customizable, and a great way to use up fresh herbs or specialty ingredients in your kitchen.

What Is Compound Butter?

Compound butter is simply softened butter mixed with flavorful ingredients—fresh herbs, seasonings, aromatics, zests, cheeses, or even sweet additions. Once blended, the butter is shaped, chilled, and ready to use whenever you need a burst of flavor. Here are some of our favorite combinations. 20 Sweet & Savory Compound Butter Recipes.

How to Make Compound Herbed Butter

Ingredients

1 stick (½ cup) unsalted butter, softened

Your choice of flavor add-ins (see ideas below)

Preparation

Soften the butter
Leave butter at room temperature for 20–30 minutes until easily spreadable.

Choose your flavor combination
Add finely chopped herbs, Cherchies® Seasoning Blends, citrus zest, roasted garlic, or other mix-ins.
Start with 1–2 tablespoons per stick of butter and adjust to taste. Here are some of our favorite combinations, 20 Sweet & Savory Compound Butter Recipes.

Mix until smooth
Combine the butter and ingredients in a small bowl and stir until evenly blended.

Shape the butter
Spoon the mixture onto a piece of parchment paper and roll it into a log. Twist the ends to seal. Or, you can spoon the mixture into prepared molds or pretty jars. All these options would make perfect gifts.

Chill
Refrigerate for at least 1 hour (or freeze for longer storage).
Slice as needed.

Storage Tips

Refrigerate up to 1 week
Freeze up to 3 months
Slice only what you need to keep the rest fresh

How to Use Cherchies® Compound Butters

Melt over grilled steaks, chicken, or seafood
Toss with steamed or roasted vegetables
Spread on baguettes, rolls, or cornbread
Add to pasta, risotto, or rice
Dollop onto baked potatoes
Finish eggs, broccoli, green beans, or roasted squash
Use sweet butters for breakfast or baking

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See below how it’s done.

We usually divide the butter into small bowls and make a batch of different flavors. This time, we combined butter with Fig Preserves With Cinnamon (left), then Champagne mustard and Blackberry Preserves (middle), and finally Champagne Mustard and Garlic 'n Herb Seasoning (right).

The last time we made herbed butter, we used our favorite seasoning blends.

Place butter on parchment paper or plastic wrap and roll into logs. Or, you could place butter into pretty containers and give as lovely homemade gifts for your favorite cook. Enjoy!