Be a Sauce Boss: Béchamel
The five mother sauces are considered to be the foundation of many French sauces and dishes, and four of these five use butter. Those French folk are smart. First up, we take a look at béchamel. This mother sauce is made of butter, flour, and milk. Chef Jennifer Yoo...
Pork Ribs with BBQ Banner Butter
Written by grillmaster Tim Shelburn Pork spare and baby back ribs are one of my favorite things to cook on the Rectec pellet smoker and the BBQ butter, made with Meat Church Honey Hog, brings them to the next level! Here is my method for great looking ribs every time....
Spaghetti with Sea Salt Butter and Lemon
This buttered spaghetti recipe we adapted from Food & Wine is bright and flavorful, and perfect for any time of year. What’s better than the simple comfort of buttered spaghetti with lemon? SERVES: 1 WHAT YOU NEED: 1.5 cups spaghetti 2 Tbsp Sea Salt Banner...
Top Uses for Butter by State
Butter in its purest form is a soft yellow emulsion of butterfat, water, and air churned from high-quality cream for the purpose of making your food taste delicious. Each state has its own unique way of employing the creamy yellow stuff to maximum flavor in its...
Gameday Chicken Wings
Ask and ye shall receive. We present to you the Gameday Wings Recipe, perfect for your Super Bowl party or a regular ole Tuesday night. Get ready to be the Gameday MVP with these baked chicken wings! What you need: 2 lbs. chicken wings 1 tbsp baking powder 1 tsp salt...
Effortless Roasted Cauliflower with Roasted Garlic, Basil, and Parsley Butter
Queen of the cruciferous (or arguably the brassica) vegetable family, cauliflower is full of phytonutrients, slightly sweet to taste, and perfect for roasting. Here’s our easy roasted cauliflower recipe: This recipe was such a hit, we had to try not to eat the...A Definitive Guide to Butter Spreads That Want to Taste Like Real Butter, But Don’t
You know how the story goes: somewhere along the line, the butter aisle got saturated with a bunch of butter wannabes masking as the real thing, but not-so-secretly containing whack ingredients such as vegetable oil and natural and artificial flavorings and...
Top 5 Butter Stories of 2017
Here’s your butter news recap for the year: 1. Man sues Dunkin Donuts for slathering margarine on their bagels and calling it butter. We’re not one for frivolous lawsuits but claiming margarine is butter is a crime. 2. Butter Shortage in France The Cri de Coeur...
Holiday Scones with Cinnamon Cardamom Ginger Butter
What’s a surefire way to elevate your holiday mornings or your afternoon tea game? An excellent scone. We have included the ingredients and instructions for the ones we made here, a recipe by An Edible Mosaic. The only modification we made was to substitute regular...
Brown Butter, Rosemary, and Pistachio Chocolate Chip Cookies
We tried this gluten-free brown butter chocolate chip cookie recipe from The Effervescent Life, and it was so good, we had to share the batch with the neighbors, and the recipe with you.  Slap yo’ mama good. The only thing we left out was the pistachios (darn nut...Banner Butter Roast Chicken with Spiced Apples & Delicata Over Toasted Farro
Banner Butter Roast Chicken with Spiced Apples & Delicata Over Toasted Farro Recipe from Garnish and Gather INGREDIENTS: Farro Apple Squash Chicken Butter Oil 1. PREHEAT OVEN & COOK FARRO – Preheat oven to 400º – In a pot, heat 1 Tbsp oil over...Browning Butter with Banner Butter
How to brown butter – what to look for and how you know when it’s done!  Brown butter, also called beurre noisette, elevates the flavor of just about everything. It’s simple to make, and you can stash it away for up to two weeks. You know, just in case...In The Banner Butter Kitchen
Get a sneak peek inside the workings of our cultured butter production, and a glimpse of our butter in action at one of our favorite local restaurants, Buttermilk Kitchen, in this mouthwatering video produced by 7th and Wes.