Decorative Butter Curls and Pats

How to dress up individual servings of butter.

Butter Curls

To make butter curls, start with a stick of butter that has been at room temperature a few minutes but is still firm. The butter needs to be soft enough to peel without falling apart but cold enough to hold its shape. Heat butter curler in very hot water, then pull firmly over the stick of butter to form curls. If the curls break the butter is too cold. Reheat the butter curler as needed.

Butter Pats

To make neat looking pats of butter, cut a firm stick of butter with a hot knife.