alteRecipes.com recipe
derived from
Alice Waters's herb butter
The Art of Simple Cooking, page 48
| 1. | butter | ½ cup (1 stick) |
| 2. | shallot | 1 |
| garlic | 2 cloves | |
| lime | the juice of 1 lime | |
| salt | to taste | |
| black pepper | to taste | |
| cayenne pepper | a pinch |
1. Soften the butter on the counter or in your microwave.
2. Mince the shallot and add it to the butter. Crush the garlic and add it. Squeeze in the lime juice, add the salt and pepper and cayenne, and stir until everything is incorporated in the butter.
3. Taste and add more salt or pepper or lime juice as you think it's needed.