Olive Oil Butter with Basil and Garlic
This Olive Oil Butter with Basil and Garlic is perfectly spreadable and full of flavor.
Servings: 0.75 cup
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Ingredients
- 2 ½ Tbsp basil, chiffonade (see photos above for how to chiffonade basil)
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- ¼ cup olive oil
- ¼ cup butter
- ¼ tsp sea salt
Instructions
Microwave the butter
- Microwave the butter until it's almost completely melted, about 30-40 seconds.
Add the seasonings and olive oil
- Now add the sea salt, garlic, basil, and olive oil. Whisk with a fork until combined.
- Let the mixture sit for 3 minutes to allow the basil and garlic to infuse the butter and oil with flavor.
Freeze the olive oil butter
- Place the mixture in the freezer for 30 minutes.
- Remove the olive oil butter from the freezer. It will be set. Now run a fork through the olive oil butter until it’s no longer smooth. The mixture will feel like softened butter and be easily spreadable, but not liquid-y.
Serve and enjoy
- Use immediately, or cover and store the olive oil butter in the refrigerator until ready to use.
Notes
The olive oil butter will spread easily over hot or warm bread.
Straight from the refrigerator, the olive oil butter will spread easily on room temperature bread, but I still prefer to give it about 3 minutes on the countertop before spreading.