Best Lime Ginger Butter Recipes

SEARED SEA SCALLOPS WITH GINGER-LIME BUTTER

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Wash sweet potatoes and wrap them tightly in foil. Roast until tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour. (If you are using larger sweet potatoes, they may require 15 minutes more in the oven.)
• Using a paring knife, remove the small hard "foot" from the edge of each scallop. Pat scallops dry and season on both sides with salt and pepper.
• Put on a medium pot of salted water to boil for the greens.
• Meanwhile, make the ginger butter: Combine butter, ginger, chile and lime zest and juice and stir together until well incorporated. Season with salt to taste. Set aside.
• Take a cast-iron skillet large enough to hold the scallops without crowding and place over medium-high heat. Add a film of olive oil. When the oil is nearly smoking, add the scallops in one layer and let them sizzle. Reduce heat to medium and continue to cook for at least 5 minutes. Use a small spatula to check the scallops as they brown, allowing them to color gradually. They should be quite crisp and well caramelized. Turn off heat and flip scallops. Leave in pan until firm to the touch.
• While the scallops are cooking, blanch the bok choy: Cook it for 1 minute in the salted boiling water, then drain and blot on a kitchen towel. Keep warm.
• Remove and place scallops, browned side up, onto warmed serving plates. Surround with the bok choy leaves and halved or sliced sweet potatoes.
• Quickly warm the butter in the cast-iron pan and spoon over everything. Sprinkle with cilantro if desired.

SAUTEED RED SNAPPER WITH GINGER-LIME BUTTER

Steps:

• Combine first 5 ingredients in a bowl. Stir in 1/4 teaspoon salt. Cover and chill.
• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
• Sprinkle both sides of fish with remaining salt and pepper.
• coat pan with oil.
• add fish to pan; cook 3 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily with a fork or until desired degree of doneness.
• Place one filet on each of 4 plates and top with a 1 1/2 teaspoons of butter mixture.
• Serve with lime wedges if desired.

BROILED SHRIMP WITH SPICY GINGER-LIME BUTTER

Steps:

• Preheat broiler. Melt butter in heavy small skillet over medium heat. Stir in ginger and cayenne. Remove from heat. Stir in lime juice and peel. Season ginger-lime butter to taste with salt and pepper.
• Place shrimp in bowl. Add ginger-lime butter; toss to coat. Transfer shrimp to small rimmed baking sheet. Broil until pink and just cooked through, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer shrimp to plate; drizzle with pan juices. Sprinkle with onions. Serve with lemon wedges.

OPEN SHRIMP RAVIOLI WITH LIME GINGER BUTTER

Steps:

• Bring a large saucepan of slated water to boil for won ton wrappers.
• In a small saucepan cook shallot and gingerroot in wine until wine is reduced to about 1 tablespoon. Remove pan from heat and whisk butter into sauce, 1 piece at a time, adding each new piece before previous one has melted completely. (Sauce should not become hot enough to liqueify.)
• Whisk in zest, juice, and salt and pepper to taste and keep sauce warm, covered.
• In a large heavy skillet heat oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and sauté shrimp, carrot, and scallions with salt and pepper to taste, stirring, about 2 minutes, or until shrimp is just cooked through and vegetables are tender. Keep shrimp mixture warm, covered.
• Add won tons to boiling water and cook, stirring gently, until al dente, about 3 minutes. Drain won tons in a colander.
• Immediately spoon a scant tablespoon sauce on each of 2 plates. On each plate stack 1 won ton, one fourth of the shrimp mixture, and another scant tablespoon sauce. Stack on top the remaining ingredients in same manner, ending each stack with a won ton.
• Garnish each serving with some scallion green.

LIME GINGER BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• To prepare the cookies, whisk together the first three dry ingredients in a small bowl, set aside.
• With an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the butter and granulated sugar in a mixing bowl until fluffy.
• Beat in the limeade concentrate the lime zest.
• Reduce the speed to low and blend in the flour mixture, beating until just incorporated.
• Divide the dough in half; roll each half into a ball and flatten to a disk. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm, about 2 hours over overnight.
• When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 2 baking sheets with nonstick spray or line with parchment paper.
• Divide dough disk into 24 tablespoon sized pieces. Roll each into a ball and place 2 inches apart on the baking sheets.
• Use the bottom of a glass to flatten the balls into 2-inch rounds.
• Refrigerate for 15 minutes.
• Bake, rotating the baking sheets halfway through, until the cookies just beginning to turn golden around the edges, 10-12 minutes.
• Cool completely on a rack.
• Let the baking sheets cool, then repeat with the remaining dough.
• To prepare the glaze: combine the confectioner's sugar, lime zest and juice, the water, and food coloring, if using, in a small bowl; stir, adding a little more water, if necessary, to make a smooth glaze. Spread a thin layer onto each cookie. Let stand 15 minutes to allow the glaze to set.

BROILED SHRIMP WITH SPICY GINGER -LIME BUTTER

Steps:

• Preheat broiler. Melt butter in heavy small skillet over medium heat. Stir in ginger and cayenne. Remove from heat. Stir in lime juice and peel. Season mixture with salt and pepper to taste. Place shrimp in bowl. Add ginger-lime butter, toss to coat. Transfer shrimp to small rimmed baking sheet. Broil until pink and just cooked through, about 2 min per side. Transfer shrimp to plate, drizzle with pan juices. Sprinkle with onions. serve with lemon slices. Ellen

LIME GINGER BUTTER

Steps:

• Stir all ingredients together in a small bowl until smooth. Shape into a cylinder 2 1/2" wide, and wrap in plastic wrap or foil.
• Put in refrigerator until firm, about 1 hour. Enjoy!
• Makes 5 tbls.

BRUSSEL SPROUTS AND LEEKS WITH LIME-GINGER BUTTER

Steps:

• In a small saucepan Melt butter over low heat. Add ginger and stir for a few seconds. Remove from heat and add zest and juice. Heat oil in a skillet over medium. Add sprouts and salt. Add lid and cook with lid ajar for 8-12 minutes until they start to brown. Uncover and turn heat to low add the leeks and cook for 15 min. Remove from heat and add butter mixture

MANGO BUTTER (GINGER, LIME AND CINNAMON)

Steps:

• Put mangos in saucepan over medium heat. Cook until hey are very soft. Add water ifit starts to stick, should not need it.
• Use stick to puree.
• Add sugar, ginger lime zest, lime juice and cinnamon. Mix well. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Lower heat and cook, stirring frequently until very thick, about 30 minuts.
• Remove from heat and pour into hot sterilized jars, leaving 1/4 inch head space.
• Cap and process in 10 minute boiling water bath.