Vegetable Skewers with Pesto Butter

Grill up kabobs as a side dish for a vegetarian meal (such as chickpea burgers) or to serve with grilled meat or fish. Use either basil pesto or sun-dried tomato pesto. No pesto? Add 1/4 cup (50 mL) minced fresh basil (or 1 tsp/5 mL dried) to the butter.

Seared Rib Eye Steaks with Roquefort Butter

The robust flavour of Roquefort cheese goes a long way in this butter, which forms a quick sauce as it melts over the hot steaks. If beef rib eye medallions are hard to find, use any other grilling steak.

Steamed Artichokes with Lemon Pesto Butter

The tighter and more compact the artichoke, the fresher it is. To eat the cooked artichoke, pull off each leaf, dip it in butter and pull between your teeth to release the tender bottom bit, then discard the tough leaf. Once leaves are removed, cut up the base, or heart, which is known as the jewel in the crown.

Deluxe French Toast with Orange Butter and Fresh Fruit Medley

Here's a snazzy version of French toast, using egg bread, or challah, that's easy enough for children to make themselves. You can make the orange butter the day before and, if you like, fry breakfast sausages or bacon seperately to serve along with the French toast.

Boiled Lobster With Flavoured Butter

Lobsters are king in New Brunswick, and the best way to enjoy their sweet decadence is simply to boil them. Dress your lobster up with one or more of our flavoured butters. Make sure everyone at the table gets a lobster pick and plenty of napkins. If your guests are enthusiastic lobster shellers, have lobster crackers and shears at the table. If your guests are timid or first-timers, you might want to cut and crack the lobsters in the kitchen before you serve them.

Tip: When plunging the lobsters into the pot, grasp them around the back shell, snip elastic bands off the claws with scissors and gently drop them headfirst into the water.

Butter Chicken

Re-create this rich, velvety, Indian restaurant favourite at home. Serve with pappadams. These crisp savoury crackers are available in supermarkets and South Asian grocery stores.

Butter Icing

Lime Chili Butter

Sage Butter Chicken

Butter Tart Strata

Bake Fest 2009