This butter is excellent with Italian bread including foccacia. Using leftover herbs in the summer to make herb butter really dresses up bread in the winter months! Also makes wonderful gifts with fresh bread.
1 c butter, softened
chopped
4 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp finely grated lemon peel
With a small bowl, use an egg beater or an electric beater to combine ingredients until the butter is fluffy and the basil distributed evenly. On a piece of parchment paper on a cookie sheet, place butter in pats on the cookie sheet in the size you would like to use (ie. small pats for single servings on a side plate or divide into larger portions for butter dish). Freeze, then remove butter from sheet and place into a ziploc or freezer container.
