As charcuterie boards continue to be very popular, butter boards are taking their turn in the spotlight as well! Easily customized, butter boards are the perfect first act at your dinner party to replace traditional bread served with butter.
If you’re not familiar with butter boards, simply, they are softened butter spread on a serving platter topped with ingredients of your choice. Served with bread or crackers on the side. What could be easier? As long as you don’t use margarine, any butter will do. Salted butter has a tendency to taste a bit better, but depending on what you’re adding as toppings you may want to go with unsalted.
This Lemon Garlic butter board is delicious, and quite the beauty to look at!
Prep: 10 mins | Cook Time: 0 mins | Total Time: 10 mins | Servings: 4
Ingredients
1 stick unsalted butter (softened)
¼ tsp salt
⅛ tsp black pepper
Zest of 1 lemon
1 tbsp dried minced garlic
1 tbsp thyme leaves (fresh is best)
2 tbsp oregano leaves (fresh is best)
1 tbsp honey (optional)
Butter Up!
Spread butter about ⅛ of an inch thick onto a medium sized serving tray or board. Sprinkle the butter with salt and pepper, next add the zest, herbs, and garlic on top. Drizzle with honey if you prefer. That’s it! Serve this tasty appetizer with sliced, warmed baguette.