Looking for lemon balm recipes that go beyond lemon balm tea? Make this easy recipe for lemon balm butter with other fresh herbs and garlic. This compound butter is like no other butter you have ever tasted
Lemon balm has been used as an herbal remedy for centuries. It’s also known for its ability to help calm anxiety and depression.
In this recipe, I combine lemon balm with butter to create a relaxing condiment. I love using lemon balm in my cooking because it adds a fresh flavor to dishes.
Try this butter recipe with lemon balm today!
Ingredients
Here is a quick look at the ingredients. It is to understand why these specific ingredients were chosen. To get the full recipe, go to the bottom of this post.
- Lemon balm – This herb is so easy to grow in your home garden and you can use it many, many recipe. It has tremendous healing properties, especially for your gut.
- Grass-fed butter – Grass fed butter has a rich amount of Vitamin K2. This vitamin is absolutely essential to taking calcium out of your blood and putting it in your bones which is the rightful place. Source: EncompassHealth.com and Dr Jamnadas.
🌿 Substitution tip: Always use fresh lemon balm leaves over dried lemon balm because there is nothing better. The strong aromas come through in any recipe.
Storing the butter
- I store my butter in a (Affiliate Link) small mason jar and it will last a long time, when refrigerated
- You can also wrap this compound butter in parchment paper.
- Place parchment paper in a bread pan and then pour the butter in it.
- Once cooled to a solid, wrap the parchment paper around the butter and remove from the bread pan.
- Refrigerate and it will last months.
- You can also pour it into ice cube tray and refrigerate it. For best results, use (Affiliate Link) ice cube trays with a built in cover. This will keep it from getting the freezer burns and freezer taste.
- This butter is a great way to preserve your fresh herbs. They won’t go to waste and they make your recipes taste delicious.
🌪 Handy Tip: If you don’t like seeing bits of herbs in your butter, you can always grind them to a pulp in a food processor and then pour in the melted butter.
What herbs can be added to butter?
- Lemon balm
- Fresh mint
- Parsley
- Basil
- Cuban oregano
- Rosemary
- Chives
- Basil and garlic
I have a huge selection of compound butters that you can make using simple ingredients.
Answering Common Questions
Grass-fed butter is packed with nutrition like Vitamin K2. This is an absolutely essential ingredient for arteries. For vegetarian, grass-fed butter is essential. If someone gives you a hard time over eating butter, maneuver them to my “Butter is Good” post!
When refrigerated, this butter can last at least 1 month. The herbs will retain their strong flavors and still taste fresh.
If you freeze the butter, it will last for months. I love freezing this butter in ice cube trays and use it all year round.
This butter can also be kept at room temperature. But, that means that you must use it up within a day or two.
For maximum nutrition, use grass-fed butter because it’s packed with Vitamin K2, calcium and magnesium, among other nutrition. Don’t want to use store bought butter? Spatula Desserts shows us how to make butter at home. I followed her instructions using Organic Valley’s Heavy Cream.
Put fresh lemon balm butter in extra virgin olive oil or avocado oil. Or, for a very unique recipe, add it to ghee!!! Your ghee will taste 100 times better!
How to make Lemon Balm Butter
- Start with your fresh lemon balm herb. Take about 5-10 leaves and chop it up finely.
- Then, chop up your other fresh herbs. I used Cuban oregano, fresh mint and purple basil. Be careful with Cuban oregano because it has powerful flavors too and can overtake the Lemon balm. I used only 1 leaf.
- Finely grate garlic cloves. I used 2 cloves of garlic, but, you can add to taste.
- Melt half stick of butter (4 Tbsp). Ideally, melt the butter stove top because it is safer than microwaving it.
- Add the freshly chopped lemon balm and other herbs to the melted butter. I mixed them up in a bowl after the butter had a chance to cool down
- Add 1/2 tsp of lemon pepper.
- Add the grated garlic and mix well.
- Transfer to mason jar or into ice cube tray
- Refrigerate or freeze for 2 weeks to 6 months.
What can I use lemon balm butter in?
- Flavor veggie pasta with it.
- Make radish chips.
- Pour over smashed potatoes.
- Put it into fall soups.
- Make garlic bread with it.
- You can flavor a whole cauliflower with it.
- Use it in a cilantro lime cauliflower rice.
- Use this butter in an air fryer potato nibbles recipe.
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Lemon Balm Butter with Garlic
Ingredients
- 4 Tbsp butter 1/2 stick, vegan or vegetarian butter
- 8 leaves lemon balm use medium to small size leaves
- 5 leaves mint small leaves
- 1 leaf Cuban oregano see note #1
- 4 leaves purple basil or regular basil
- 1/2 tsp lemon pepper
- 2 cloves garlic peeled, grated. Adjust to taste
Instructions
- Chop up the lemon balm leaves
- Then, chop up your other fresh herbs
- Add the grated garlic to the chopped herbs
- Melt half stick of butter (4 Tbsp). Ideally, melt the butter stove top because it is safer than microwaving it.
- Mix the herbs, garlic and melted butter
- Add lemon pepper.
- Mix well
- Transfer to mason jar or into ice cube tray
Refrigerate or freeze for 2 weeks to 6 months.
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Notes
Tips for making this butter:
- Always use fresh lemon balm leaves over dried lemon balm because there is nothing better. The strong aromas come through in any recipe.
- You can use regular butter or vegan butter for this recipe. They both taste equally great with fresh lemon balm.
- Use fresh mint, fresh oregano and fresh basil for this butter. The combination of fresh herbs will make this a very unique butter recipe.
- Add other fresh herbs that you have access to. This lemon balm butter is made better because of the fusion of different herbs.
- If you don’t like seeing bits of herbs in your butter, you can always grind them to a pulp in a food processor and then pour in the melted butter.
- This butter is a great way to preserve your fresh herbs. They won’t go to waste and they make your recipes taste delicious.
