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Thyme and Shallot Herb Butter Recipe
If you like herb butter recipes, this is a nice easy one to try. This herb butter goes beautifully with many easy grilled vegetable recipes and especially corn on the cob. If you have a favorite recipe for outdoor grilled vegetables, you might like to prepare this thyme and shallot herb butter recipe and serve it on top of the hot vegetables.
Thyme is a fragrant herb, which goes well with just about any combination of vegetables, and potatoes, asparagus, and mushroom all suit the flavor very well. You can use either fresh or dried thyme in the following herb butter recipe and dried thyme has a good flavor if fresh thyme is unavailable.
Thyme Butter with Shallots
Ingredients -
1 stick butter, room temperature
3 oz shallots, chopped
2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme or 2 teaspoons dried thyme
Salt and black pepper
Preparation:
Melt ¼ of the butter in a heavy skillet over a medium heat.
Add the shallots and sauté them for about 4 minutes until they are golden brown.
Let them cool.
Mix together the rest of the butter and the thyme in a bowl and add the shallot mixture to it.
Mix well and season to taste. Cover and keep refrigerated.
(Serves 12)
