maître d'hôtel butter

British  

noun

1. melted butter mixed with parsley and lemon juice

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Example Sentences

He has even developed a compound honey-chipotle butter, which you can spoon atop the grilled beef, like a Mexican version of maître d’hôtel butter.

From Washington Post

The kicker, though, is JaK’s version of Mâitre d’Hôtel Butter, a compound butter with parsley melted atop meat or fish.

From Seattle Times

It has been two decades of salsa verde, gremolata, sauce gribiche and maître d’hôtel butter, with all the rest doused in olive oil.

From New York Times

Clockwise from bottom: moules frites; shrimp cocktail; hanger steak with maître d’hôtel butter; a green salad with haricots verts and watermelon radish.

From The New Yorker

To me, it was evidence that the everyday cooking in this city — from the source ingredients to the maitre d’hotel butter — is on another level.

From Washington Post