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Creative Sweet and Savory Butter Recipes to Elevate Any Dish

Creative Sweet and Savory Butter Recipes to Elevate Any Dish

Piquillo Pepper and Black Olive Butter Mikado

Ingredients:

  • 200 g semi-salted butter
  • 100 g Pimientos del Piquillo
  • 1 tsp paprika powder
  • 30 g pitted black olives
  • Freshly ground black pepper from the mill

Soften the butter at room temperature for a few hours until creamy. Finely dice the piquillo peppers and olives, then gently mix into the butter along with the paprika and pepper. Pipe thin, even strips using a piping bag and chill until firm.

Ideal as an appetizer spread, melted over fish or poultry, or tossed with fresh pasta or zucchini noodles.

Raspberry Butter Balls with Crumbled Macarons

  • 200 g softened butter
  • 125 g fresh raspberries
  • 80 g caster sugar
  • 3 tbsp rose syrup
  • Crumbled raspberry macarons

Soften the butter at room temperature and cream it smooth. Mash the raspberries with sugar, stir in rose syrup, then blend thoroughly with the butter. Chill the mixture, then use a melon baller to form balls and roll them in crumbled macarons.

Perfect on brioche, Viennese baguette, sesame bread, puff pastry arlettes, or poached/roasted pears.

These recipes celebrate the versatility of premium butter from Dairy Products.