Choco-Dates Compound Butter

Compound butters (French: "Beurre composé") are mixtures of butter and supplementary ingredients. Primarily, they are used to enhance flavor in various dishes, in a fashion similar to a sauce.

Compound butters can be sweet or savoury. I ventured into compound butters thanks to a challenge by Natasha from 5Star Foodie. Its by far the simplest recipe I've blogged about till date. No cook, no bake, just mix, roll, chill, cut and use. I decided to make mine sweet and I did enjoy it. My kids think its chocolate.

Special thanks to Mary Ann who is always ready to answer my queries on nutrition.

No proportions for this one, just follow your taste-buds.

Choco-Dates Compound Butter

Ingredients-

Unsalted butter

Cocoa powder

Icing sugar

Chopped dates

Preparation-

• Bring the butter to room temperature.
• Combine all the ingredients well.

• Place the mixture into a cling film and roll into desired shape. I chose to use a triangular shape to get more of a chocolate effect.
• Chill.
• When its half set, press wedges with the side of a spoon. This will make it easier to slice into proportions when you want to use it.

• When its fully set remove the cling film, slice and serve over a toast.

Enjoy!