Green Tea Lime Butter

Butter - what a wonderful product! Butter is highly valued and often used in many cultures for its smooth texture and wonderful creamy milky flavor. In Russia, there is an old morning tradition to spread butter over a piece of bread. On top of bread, people usually lay ham or sausage or cheese or all together :-) These sandwiches are especially delicious with sweet hot black tea. The breakfast tradition has experienced many changes ever since. However, there is something very warm and homy about it :-)
I like to experiment with butter. I often use it in cakes, pastry, creams, sauces or just by itself. I found this simple yet super delicious recipe on one of culinary websites. Originally, an author used orange tea, lemon and orange zest. I substituted mine with green tea and lime zest. The final product had amazing smell!!! So, here is the recipe.

Ingredients
1 stick of butter of room temperature
1 tea spoon of dry green tea (from a regular tea bag)
1 tea spoon of liquid green tea
1 lime
1 tea spoon of honey
A pinch of salt

Instructions

1. Place a tea bag in a mug and cover with hot water. Cover with a cap and set it aside.

2. Pour dry tea a bowl (If tea is not grinded already then grind it with spice grinder or blender).

4. Zest a lime and add to the dry tea.

3. Add butter, liquid green tea, honey and salt. Whip all the ingredients for 1 minute.

4. Place the butter in a dry container and cover with plastic wrap. Cool it in a refrigerator for an hour or longer.

It is good to spread the butter over bread or to add in cooking meat, fish or veggies. Also the ingredients can be modified.