Looking for a breakfast makeover that provides a simple and savory way to add matcha green tea to your morning routine? We’ve got you covered with this matcha butter spread recipe.
You need to make some of this creamy and simply satisfying matcha green tea butter spread. It will elevate your generic breakfast toast to a new galaxy.
Our vibrant emerald-green matcha butter spread is packed with tons of antioxidants along with caffeine, giving you a boost of energy in the morning without any coffee caffeine jitters or midday slump.
Butter is also a rich source of vitamin d (a harder vitamin to get enough of in the wintertime!), a nutrient that is essential for bone health – as well as calcium, which is vital for maintaining bone strength with age. Some researchers have even found links to high-fat dairy products such as butter and a lower incidence of obesity, heart problems, diabetes – though it's still important to remember butter is high in saturated fats and calories – so should be enjoyed in moderation.
Recipe
Matcha Butter Spread Recipe: Matcha Green Tea Butter Spread With Chives & Sea Salt
Prep
10 min
Makes
About ½ cup
You'll need
Glass bowl, sifter, wooden spoon or electric mixer
Ingredients
Method
01
Soften the butter. Let your butter warm on the counter. If you’re short on time, place it in a glass bowl and warm the bowl in or under warm water, keeping the butter itself dry.
02
Sift in the matcha. Sift your matcha and add it to the softened butter. This is key to a smooth texture.
03
Mix. Mix the butter and matcha with a wooden spoon or an electric mixer until smooth.
04
Top and serve. Top with the chives and salt. For a butter board, spread the matcha butter on your board and add some bread.
Ingredients in this matcha butter:
High-quality Matcha green tea powder: Make sure to sift your matcha before adding it to your butter, or you’ll end up with clumps. One of the best parts of this topping is its incredibly bright green hue. You’ll only get that coloring from high-quality matcha, however. Please don’t skimp on the quality of your matcha, or you’ll pay for it with the taste and color.
High quality butter that is softened: The quality of the ingredients that go in dictates the product. And maybe somewhat surprisingly, not all butter is created equally! High-quality butter will have a uniform color and be dense. It also should never contain vegetable fats. We recommend buying unsalted butter that is grass-fed for this recipe so we can add flaky sea salt ourselves.
Fresh chives: Chives are an herb in the allium family that are easy to find in most grocery stores and lend to the savory taste of this recipe.
Flaky Sea Salt: A fantastic finisher for the dish, big chunky sea salt is always a good staple to have in your kitchen.
This matcha chive butter is perfect for your next dinner party: Have you made a butter board?
With the fall in full bloom, the charcuterie boards are out, and butter boards are the new “it” appetizer. So whether you’re already a butter board pro looking to elevate your appetizer game or making your first butter board and want to wow your friends, this matcha chive butter is sure to do the trick. It’s easy, it’s beautiful, and it’s oh-so-delicious. Softened butter is mixed with matcha and topped with fresh chives resulting in a delightful and fresh topping.
Butter boards were popularized on tik tok and have come to replace charcuterie boards as the king of appetizers. They are quick and easy to make and much more affordable. Butter boards include (obviously) softened butter that is gracefully smeared and topped with herbs and other seasonings and mix-ins, like hot honey. This is all paired with crusty bread for dipping and spreading. It makes for a beautiful treat at any gathering! Not only are butter boards more economical than charcuterie boards, but they are also aesthetically pleasing, especially if we’re adding this wonderfully bright matcha butter to the mix.
How to use matcha butter:
While we’ve chatted about what an excellent addition this would make to a butter board, this matcha chive butter also makes a delicious accompaniment to several other dishes. There’s an endless number of possibilities here! Just a few ideas:
Breakfast toast or bagel
On toast topped with an egg
Spread on crackers with cheese
Added to a grilled cheese
With pasta
On potatoes
Spread on a ham and cheese sandwich
Matcha garlic bread
Whatever you decide to create with this matcha chive butter, we’re sure it will be delicious.
This post and recipe is By Diana Weil, Matcha.com's Integrative Nutritionist and Food Relationship Specialist.
References:
Pimpin, L., Wu, J. H., Haskelberg, H., Del Gobbo, L., & Mozaffarian, D. (2016). Is Butter Back? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Butter Consumption and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, and Total Mortality. PloS one, 11(6), e0158118. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158118
