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Blue Cheese and Chive Butter

By America's Test Kitchen

Published on June 5, 2013

Time

25 minutes

Yield

Serves 8 (Makes about 8 tablespoons)

Blue Cheese and Chive Butter

Ingredients

3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened1 ½ ounces mild blue cheese (about ¼ cup), room temperature⅛ teaspoon table salt 2 tablespoons minced fresh chives

Instructions

  1. Combine all ingredients in medium bowl.
Blue Cheese and Chive Butter

Blue Cheese and Chive Butter

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Time

25 minutes

Yield

Serves 8 (Makes about 8 tablespoons)

Ingredients

3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1 ½ ounces mild blue cheese (about ¼ cup), room temperature
⅛ teaspoon table salt
2 tablespoons minced fresh chives

Ingredients

3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1 ½ ounces mild blue cheese (about ¼ cup), room temperature
⅛ teaspoon table salt
2 tablespoons minced fresh chives

Ingredients

3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1 ½ ounces mild blue cheese (about ¼ cup), room temperature
⅛ teaspoon table salt
2 tablespoons minced fresh chives

Why This Recipe Works

When devising a no-fuss recipe for perfectly cooked roast beef tenderloin, we chose to work with Chateaubriand, the smaller center-cut roast. We reversed the usual cooking process for our tenderloin recipe, roasting first and then searing, to eliminate the ring of overdone meat just below the crust and gave the roast a ruby coloring from edge to edge. Salting the meat and rubbing it with softened butter helped it hold on to its juices and gave it richness.

Instructions

  1. Combine all ingredients in medium bowl.

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