By the end of summer, most cooks have refined their grilling techniques and settled on their favorite seasonings.
But if you’re firing up the grill for Labor Day, here’s a flavor twist you may not have considered: butter. Not just for bread, butter can be mixed with a number of spices to amp up the flavor of any meat, fish or vegetable.
Chef Josh Wool of Hennen’s knows how to prepare a great steak but said flavored butter helps to enhance the flavor without covering it up.
“Any time you add that fat to a lean cut, it will make things taste better and add moisture and shine, which is both aesthetic and flavor-enhancing,” Wool said.
Lobster butter – butter with a little lobster meat and lemon juice – is good on steaks and fish, Wool said. But a classic maitre d’ butter is hard to beat.