Foie Gras Butter

Yield makes about 1 cup
RECIPE Ingredients
  • 4 ounces Foie Gras Cubes
  • 4 ounces best quality unsalted butter, softened (we used Strauss Family Creamery)
  • ¾ teaspoon kosher salt
  • ⅛ teaspoon finely ground pepper
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground cloves
  • ⅛ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground ginger
Recipe notes
This easy foie gras butter recipe is adapted from Jennifer McLagan's cookbook, Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient. Perfect on warm toast.
RECIPE Preparation
  1. Leave foie gras cubes on a plate at room temperature until softened. Mash with a pastry bender or fork then remove any veins, blemishes or stringy tissue. Place mashed foie gras onto saran wrap then roll into a tight log, about ½ inch in diameter. Secure the ends. Refrigerate until firm.
  2. Prepare an ice water bath, set aside. Bring saucepan of salted water to a boil. Reduce heat to bare simmer. Drop in foie gras. Poach until the foie gras is soft and the fat is beginning to melt, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove and place in prepared ice water bath to cool.
  3. Remove plastic wrap and place foie gras in bowl of food processor. Add butter, salt, pepper, cloves, nutmeg, and ginger.  Process until smooth, scraping down sides as necessary, about 1 minute. Transfer to container and refrigerate for up to one week, or freeze for several months.