Cafe de Paris Butter – place a slice of this gorgeously savoury compound butter onto your warm steak and watch it melt into a river of butter sauce. Perfect to keep in your freezer!
For me, Cafe de Paris butter is the king of flavoured or compound butter. It’s a savoury combination of garlic, herbs, mustard and lemon (to name a few!), the exact recipe being a long-held secret. The perfect steak butter, that turns into a gorgeous Cafe de Paris sauce once it hits your warm steak. So divine! Plus it’s “no cook” – as a cook I love that! Keep some stashed in your freezer for your next steak dinner!
This is my version of the legendary butter – I’ve used commonly found ingredients which you will most likely have available which makes this amazing flavour combination accessible without having to have gourmet ingredients on hand.
Ingredients you will need for this recipe
- unsalted butter
- dijon mustard
- fresh garlic
- chives
- flat leaf parsley
- worcestershire sauce
- lemon juice
- parmesan cheese
- fine salt
- pepper
*Please see the recipe card below for exact quantities and detailed instructions
What is Cafe de Paris butter
Cafe de Paris butter is a compound butter made with a combination of herbs, spices and various other savoury condiments. It is usually shaped into a log and then chilled, which slices are taken off to be placed onto a hot steak which then melts into a sauce.
How to make this steak butter recipe
- Add slightly softened butter to a bowl.
- Then add remaining ingredients to the butter.
- Mix well with a fork to combine.
- Shape into a log and wrap in baking paper or plastic wrap and refrigerate.
Other add-in ideas
- anchovies or capers – these are both salty additions, so you may want to adjust the amount of additional salt (I have used worcestershire sauce in my recipe, which contains anchovies).
- tomato paste
- paprika
- cayenne pepper
My top tips for making this recipe
- I have used unsalted butter so that you are able to control the amount of salt that’s in the finished butter.
- This recipe makes 10 slices or serves of flavoured butter – each serve is approximately a tablespoon.
- You can slice the butter into serves, then freeze for later use.
- Also a great addition to mashed potato, just add some on top – tastes ah-mazing!!!
More no-cook sauce recipes you may enjoy
Mustard and Garlic Sauce – a super simple no cook butter sauce with mustard, garlic and chives. Just melt, mix and serve!
Mint Chimichurri – a flavour packed no-cook sauce full of fresh herbs with a touch of chilli.
Cafe de Paris Butter
Ingredients
- 200 g unsalted butter slightly softened (7 oz)
- 2 tsp dijon mustard
- 1 garlic clove crushed
- 2 tsp finely chopped chives
- 1 cup flat leaf parsley very finely chopped
- 1 tsp worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 2 tsp finely grated parmesan cheese
- ½ tsp fine salt
- a few grinds of fresh black pepper
Instructions
- Add slightly softened butter to a bowl.
- Then add remaining ingredients to the butter and mix well to combine (I use a fork for this).
- Shape into a log and wrap in baking paper or plastic wrap and refrigerate.
Notes
- I have used unsalted butter so that you are able to control the amount of salt that's in the finished butter.
- This recipe makes 10 slices or serves of flavoured butter - each serve is approximately a tablespoon.
- You can slice the butter into serves, then freeze for later use.
- Also a great addition to mashed potato, just add some on top - tastes ah-mazing!!!
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