Garlic Chive Butter Board
Simple, delicious appetizer! Garlic and chives in creamy butter served with assorted dipping items make a beautiful board. Yum!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup grass fed butter such as Kerrygold, at room temperature
- 1/4 tsp good quality garlic powder
- 1-2 Tbsp fresh chives reserve a bit for garnish
- assorted bread items such as parmesan bread rounds, sesame covered bread sticks, Italian bread, pretzel sticks
- herbs such as sage leaves or rosemary sprigs, grape tomatoes, sprinkle of crushed red pepper for garnish
Instructions
- Prepare the compound butter: place softened butter in bowl of a standing mixer with the paddle attachment and beat until creamy. Add the garlic powder and chives, reserving a bit of chives for the garnish. I have also used dried chives for this. If you are using dried chives, use about 1 tablespoon.
- Using a spreading or butter knife, smear the butter on one side of platter or board, leaving about half of the board available for your dipping items. It doesn't need to look perfect. In fact, you want to have swells and slightly uneven areas as this adds texture to the board.
- Arrange your other food items on the board next to the butter, packing them close to the butter so that there is no open space on the platter. For my board I used a combination of parmesan rounds from the deli, slices of a thin baguette, smoked gouda pretzels, and sesame covered bread sticks. I placed the bread sticks in a seperate cup next to the board, along with a wooden serving knife.
- Garnish by sprinkling chives and crushed red pepper on the garlic chive butter, and placing herbs such as sage leaves or rosemary sprigs as well as a few grape tomatoes around the board for color. Enjoy!