FoodJacques Pépin on How to Make a Butter RoseDecember 23, 2009Jacques Pepin demonstrates this easy, elegant trick.1. Let a 1-lb. block of butter come to room temperature.Todd Coleman2. Holding the block of butter in one hand and a paring knife in the other, scrape the blade across the top of the butter.Todd Coleman3. Continue scraping butter until a ridged half circle forms on your knife.Todd Coleman4. Carefully curl the butter rose around your finger.Todd Coleman5. Working quickly, mold the butter into a flower shape.Todd Coleman6. Use butter rose to make a decorative butter plate or serve with a composed salad. See all of our Jacques Pepin galleries.Todd Coleman
