Start Making Fancy Butter at Home

This delicious condiment couldn't be simpler—mixing flavorful ingredients like coffee, truffles, or bonito into butter gives you an easy way to add a burst of flavor to everything from grilled meats and vegetables to slices of bread. (SAVEUR/)
A smoky, savory flavor-bomb perfect for spreading on toast. Get the recipe for <a href="https://www.saveur.com/pepperoni-chive-butter-recipe/">Pepperoni and Chive Butter</a> (Matt Taylor-Gross/)
We developed this compound butter to accompany a gleaming Grilled Seafood Tower, but it works as well simply tossed with boiled noodles as a simple weeknight pasta dinner. Get the recipe for <a href="https://www.saveur.com/seaweed-butter-recipe/">Seaweed Butter</a> (Matt Taylor-Gross/)
Set atop a sizzling steak, this restaurant classic melts luxuriously onto the meat. The recipe is adapted from Alice Waters' <em>Chez Panisse Cooking</em> (Random House, 1988). Get the recipe for <a href="https://www.saveur.com/article/recipes/chez-panisse-garlic-butter/">Chez Panisse Garlic Butter</a> (Romulo Yanes/)
Add an extra jolt to your morning toast with this caffeinated spread. Get the recipe for <a href="https://www.saveur.com/coffee-butter-recipe/">Coffee Butter</a> (Matt Taylor-Gross/)
This spicy, tangy compound butter adds a funky richness to seared or braised meats. Get the recipe for <a href="https://www.saveur.com/kimchi-butter-recipe/">Kimchi Butter</a> (Matt Taylor-Gross/)
Truffle butter is an easy, elegant spread to pair with good bread. Get the recipe for <a href="https://www.saveur.com/article/recipes/truffle-butter/">Truffle Butter</a> (William Hereford/)
The idea for this recipe comes from Christine Buckley, and NYC based herbalist. Rose butter is delightful on toast with cinnamon and honey, or on top of waffles and pancakes. You can bake into sugar cookies or scones, or spread on warm scones or muffins. Get the recipe for <a href="https://www.saveur.com/rose-butter-recipe/">Rose Butter</a> (Matt Taylor-Gross/)
After discovering that fresh whole wasabi plants were available in the United States, Adrian J.S. Hale found all kinds of innovative uses for them, such as this butter-rich sauce in which the pungent heat of the wasabi root, or rhizome, is balanced by the delicate earthiness of the leaves for a mild heat and slight bitterness that accentuate the sweet flavor of plump pan-seared scallops. Get the recipe for <a href="https://www.saveur.com/article/recipes/seared-scallops-with-wasabi-ginger-butter/">Seared Scallops with Wasabi-Ginger Butter</a> (Helen Rosner/)
Sweet corn grilled in its husk is enhanced by an herbal goat cheese compound butter. Get the recipe for <a href="http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Grilled-Corn-with-Herbed-Goat-Cheese-Butter">Grilled Corn with Herbed Goat Cheese Butter</a> (Todd Coleman/)
Chiles, lime, and cilantro flavor these grilled lobsters. Get the recipe for <a href="https://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Grilled-Lobster-with-Cilantro-Chile-Butter/">Grilled Lobster with Cilantro-Chile Butter</a> (Penny De Los Santos/)
In this perfect summer recipe, lobster is flash-grilled, then poached in its own shell in a pool of melted garlic-parsley butter. Get the recipe for <a href="http://www.saveur.com/grilled-lobster-with-garlic-parsley-butter-recipe">Grilled Lobster with Garlic-Parsley Butter</a> (Mark Roper/)
Austin, Texas, chef Andrew Wiseheart of Gardner uses this butter for poaching vegetables, but it would also be divine on grilled steak. Get the recipe for <a href="https://www.saveur.com/article/recipes/bonito-butter/">Bonito Butter</a> (Andre Baranowski/)