Hot Sauce Brown Butter
A compound butter that combines the nutty richness of brown butter with bright lemon and spicy hot sauce. Perfect for melting over steaks, seafood, or vegetables.
4 servings
1 hr 40 min
Ingredients
- •4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- •1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
- •1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- •1½ teaspoons hot sauce
- •¼ teaspoon kosher salt
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Cook butter in a small skillet over medium heat until it foams then browns (be careful not to let it burn), about 5 minutes.
5 min
- 2.
Quickly transfer butter to a small bowl, scraping in browned solids. Let cool.
5 min
- 3.
Chill brown butter 10 minutes. Stir to distribute solids. Continue to chill, stirring every 10 minutes, until butter starts to solidify.
30 min
- 4.
Stir in lemon zest, lemon juice, hot sauce, and salt. Transfer to a piece of plastic; roll into a log. Freeze 1 hour before using.
60 min
