Lemon Butter

Name: Lemon Butter
Yield: makes 1/2 cups
Ingredients: 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature; Grated zest of 1 lemon

December 20, 2011

Recipe information

Yield
makes 1/2 cups

Ingredients

1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature

Grated zest of 1 lemon

Preparation

In a small bowl, mash the butter and lemon zest together using a fork. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use. Bring to room temperature before serving.

Giada at Home by Giada De Laurentiis. Copyright © 2010 by Giada De Laurentiis. Published by the Crown Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved. Giada De Laurentiis is the star of Food Network's Everyday Italian and Behind the Bash. She attended the Cordon Bleu in Paris, and then worked in a variety of Los Angeles restaurants, including Wolfgang Puck's Spago, before starting her own catering and private-chef company, GDL Foods. The granddaughter of movie producer Dino De Laurentiis, Giada was born in Rome and grew up in Los Angeles, where she now lives.

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