XO butter

Name: XO butter
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 125 g salted butter, softened; 80 g Cooks' Ingredients XO Style Sauce; 1 tsp Cooks’ Ingredients Umami Paste; ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper

Every home cook’s secret weapon – keep a flavoured butter to hand to melt over meat, fish, filled pasta and vegetables.

Alex Szrok, chef at the Waitrose Cookery School, prepared this recipe for a class, All Things Steak, which livestreamed in February 2024. In the masterclass, Alex covered choosing your cut, how to cook it to perfection, sauces, accompaniments and wine pairings.

The other dishes featured were T-bone steak, Purple sprouting broccoli with anchovy, garlic & capers, Potato pavé, Stilton butter and 'Nduja butter.

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Serves4
CourseAccompaniment
Prepare5 mins
Cook-
Total time5 mins

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Ingredients

125g salted butter, softened
80g Cooks' Ingredients XO Style Sauce
1 tsp Cooks’ Ingredients Umami Paste
½ tsp freshly ground black pepper

Method

In a food processor, pulse together all the ingredients until well combined and smooth. Taste and season if needed. Wrap and chill for up to 1 week in the fridge or freeze for up to 2 months.