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blood orange butter in a kilner jar on a white marble couter garnished with pink roses and thyme herb blood orange cross section

Easy Blood Orange Compound Butter

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Prep Time:15 minutes
Total Time:15 minutes

Ingredients

  • ½ cup Butter (one 113 gram stick of butter)
  • 1 Blood Orange
  • 2 tbsp Sugar (or more to taste)

Instructions

  • Let the butter come to room temperature.
  • Cut off the rind and cut away the pith with a knife. Doing this will expose the juicy flesh of the orange and no bitter chewy bits are added to the compound butter.
  • For me, the easiest way is to first slice the blood orange in half. This gives you a stable and safe bast to cut away the orange peel.
  • Next, remove the inner pith of the orange.
  • Now zest the blood orange peel you just cut off. You only need about 1/4 tsp. (But you can use any amount you like.)
  • Put all the ingredients into the food processor: trimmed blood orange bits, zest, sugar, and butter in a food processor. I recommend using a small food processor.
  • Pulse continuously until thoroughly combined.
  • Check the compound butter for your desired sweetness.  I keep it at 2 tbsp for savory dishes and occasionally add additional sugar for my rolls, scones, pancakes, etc.
Course: Spreads and Sauces
Keyword: Blood Orange, Compound Butter
Servings: 8