Blue Cheese Compound Butter
Aside from a great accompaniment to steak; blue cheese butter is also a fantastic way of introducing people to blue cheese, the butter cuts the intensity of the cheese.
Buy fresh butter and fresh cut, straight off the wheel cheese. In a simple recipe freshness is key. My favourite blue is Roquefort for this recipe but I’ve also had success with Gorgonzola; both Dolce and Picante, Stilton and Mossvale Blue. I prefer to use cultured, salted butter for this recipe.
Ingredients
Butter
Blue Cheese
Optional Ingredients
Roasted Garlic
Flat Leaf Parsley
Chives
Method
Allow the butter to come to room temperature. With a spatula, smear the butter around the inside of a bowl, break your blue cheese into the bowl and combine the ingredients, this is the time to add finely chopped herbs or mash in your garlic.
Once all the ingredients are thoroughly mixed, lay out a piece of wax paper, scoop the mixture onto the paper and roll into a log.
Pop into the fridge to firm up, once firm, slice into discs and serve.