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!
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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
- 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.
- Refrigerate until firm.
Equipment
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- Stand Mixer
- Spatula
- Measuring Spoons
- Cutting Board
- Santoku Knife
- Rubber Spatula
📖 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!
📋 Tomato Butter
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Tomato Butter
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Equipment
- Spatula
- 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.
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Krysta @ KrystaSteen.com says
Sounds yummy! Thanks for linking up to Tips & Tricks - hope to see you this week!!
vera says
What a great idea for grilling season - I bet this would be incredible on garlic bread, too of course. Thanks for the idea!
- Vera