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    Home » Recipes » Condiments and Spice Mixes » Compound Butters

    Tomato Butter

    Published: Apr 13, 2015 · Modified: Aug 18, 2022 by Ang Paris · 2 Comments
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    Savory and delicious our Tomato Butter recipe makes the best garlic bread you'll ever eat!
    Total Time 10 minutes minutes
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    Tomato Butter is amazing on garlic bread and delicious tossed with hot pasta. You'll love this quick and easy but impressive recipe. via @jugglingactmama

    This flavorful Tomato Butter is fancy like a restaurant-quality butter, but can be made at home in just ten minutes without too much work! My Cowboy Butter is a well-known recipe, but I promise this Tomato Butter with fresh basil and garlic is just as good!

    Close up image of tomato butter in a white bowl with a butter knife.
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    • 🧂 Ingredients
    • 🔪Instructions
    • Equipment
    • 📖 Variations
    • ⏲️ Storage
    • 🍴 Serving Suggestions
    • 😋 Similar Recipes
    • 📋 Tomato Butter
    • Tomato Butter
    • ⏲️ Storage
    • 📖 Variations
    • 💬 Comments

    If you are looking for a delicious recipe that you can make with just five ingredients, and something that comes together in just ten minutes, you will love this Tomato Butter recipe! It is jam-packed full of flavor, and it looks so fancy!

    It’s the perfect condiment to make when you have company coming, parties, or whenever you want to elevate a regular dinner. Serve it with crusty bread alongside our easy lasagna soup or build a gorgeous charcuterie board with a small bowl of this butter, crackers, crostini and these antipasto kabobs.

    Making compound butter is so simple, and you can easily make this recipe ahead of time.

    🧂 Ingredients

    You only need a few simple ingredients to make your own butter flavored with tomato and basil!

    • salted butter 
    • tomato paste
    • fresh basil (or other fresh herbs)
    • fresh garlic
    • ground black pepper

    This is meant to be a brief overview of our tomato compound butter recipe. For step-by-step instructions and a full printable recipe card with ingredients, please scroll down to the teal box below or Jump to Recipe.

    🔪Instructions

    1. In the bowl of your mixer, combine the room temperature butter, minced garlic tomato paste and basil.
    2. Whip together on medium until well combined.
    3. Using a rubber spatula, transfer the mixture to a ramekin.
    4. Refrigerate until firm.

    Equipment

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    • Stand Mixer
    • Spatula
    • Measuring Spoons
    • Cutting Board
    • Santoku Knife
    • Rubber Spatula

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    📖 Variations

    We recommend that you try our easy tomato butter for the first time just as it is written for the best results, because that is how the recipe has been tested.

    However, the next time you make it, you might consider one of these different ways of making this great recipe.

    • Add your favorite herbs like fresh thyme. oregano, or rosemary.
    • For a hint of heat, add a pinch (or two) of red pepper flakes.

    ⏲️ Storage

    Store the butter in an airtight container for up to 10 days, or freeze for up to 6 months. (These are my favorite airtight containers.)

    🍴 Serving Suggestions

    If you don't have time to make your own tomato sauce from scratch, toss your hot pasta with this butter and serve with parmesan cheese. I especially love it with gnocchi.

    You can also add it to a pasta charcuterie board - or any type of charcuterie board for that matter. It is amazing on toasted crostini as an appetizer.

    Add a pat of the tomato butter to grilled chicken or fish. As the butter melts over your protein, it will add a scrumptious flavor, along with a little fat and moisture.

    It's delicious mixed into rissotto or even just regular rice just before serving.

    For the most amazing garlic bread you've ever eat, spread this tomato butter onto Italian bread and top with granulated garlic salt and pop it under the broiler for a minute or two. So good!

    You can also serve it with rosemary focaccia bread or your favorite dinner rolls. It's so yummy melted on fresh baked bread of any kind! Try it with these Italian bread sticks.

    Put a spin on your grilled chicken caesar salad (or any salad, really) by adding a bit of tomato butter to your croutons before baking!

    😋 Similar Recipes

    Next time, try one of these tasty recipes:

    • Simple Dill Compound Butter - delicious with fish.
    • Cranberry Butter - perfect for the holidays.
    • Brown Sugar Butter - sweet and delicious!
    • Cowboy Butter Dipping Sauce - our delicious Cowboy Butter transformed into an amazing dipping sauce for veggies, meat, and more.
    • Steak with garlic cowboy butter dipping sauce on it.
      Cowboy Butter Dipping Sauce
    • Close up of Maple Bacon Butter in a jar.
      Maple Butter Recipe
    • Garlic Chive Butter
    • Close up of carrot bread on a white plate with Brown Sugar Butter.
      Brown Sugar Butter

    📋 Tomato Butter

    Not ready to make this amazing tomato basil butter yet? Don’t forget to pin the recipe for later! When you do make it, please be sure to tag me on Instagram @jugglingactmama or #jugglingactmama – I’d love to see your pictures! And finally, if you get a chance, please comment and leave me a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating below!

    Tomato butter in a white bowl.

    Tomato Butter

    Savory and delicious our Tomato Butter recipe makes the best garlic bread you'll ever eat!
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    Course: Condiment
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: tomato butter
    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Author: Ang Paris

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    Equipment

    • Stand Mixer
    • Spatula
    • Measuring Spoons
    • Cutting Board
    • Santoku Knife
    • Rubber Spatula

    Ingredients

    • 8 oz. 1 stick salted butter, room temperature
    • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
    • 2 tablespoons fresh basil chopped
    • 1 tablespoon fresh garlic minced
    • Ground black pepper to taste, optional

    Instructions

    • In the bowl of your mixer, combine the room temperature butter, minced garlic tomato paste and basil.
    • Whip together on medium until well combined.
    • Using a rubber spatula, transfer the mixture to a ramekin and refrigerate until firm.

    Notes

    ⏲️ Storage

    Store the butter in an airtight container for up to 10 days, or freeze for up to 6 months. (These are my favorite airtight containers.)

    📖 Variations

    We recommend that you try our easy tomato butter for the first time just as it is written for the best results, because that is how the recipe has been tested.
    However, the next time you make it, you might consider one of these different ways of making this great recipe.
    • Add your favorite herbs like oregano, rosemary or thyme.
    • For a hint of heat, add a pinch (or two) of red pepper flakes.

    For best results, be sure to check our Tips and FAQs above with important tips and questions that can help your delicious recipe come out perfectly.

    Please Note: I am not a registered dietician. Any nutritional data I provide is an approximation and actual dietary information can vary based on ingredients and portion sizes.
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    1. Krysta @ KrystaSteen.com says

      April 27, 2015 at 6:51 pm

      Sounds yummy! Thanks for linking up to Tips & Tricks - hope to see you this week!!

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    2. vera says

      August 15, 2015 at 10:52 pm

      What a great idea for grilling season - I bet this would be incredible on garlic bread, too of course. Thanks for the idea!
      - Vera

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