Chai Spiced Honey Butter Board

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Imagine a sweet and spiced butter spread over bread – a hot buttered toast, speckled with warming spices and delicious honey. Our Chai Masala from @naturetherapyindia is a spice blend based on Ayurveda which has cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, mace, cardamom and all nice things that help soothe the body and regulate the body functioning. It’s a blend that is multifunctional for not just your cuppa tea, but also to make spiced coffee, to add into cake batter, into cookie dough and also – BUTTER!

And when I saw the newest trend – butter boards – I thought hmm… why not? Butter and I have an intense love affair, with my own chai masala and honey, all the even better!

Pair with a mug of classic builder’s tea with an extra tea bag to feel the comfort envelope you.

Recipe Ingredients

2 tsp Nature Therapy Chai Masala

1 tbsp Nature Therapy Eucalyptus Honey

pinch of vanilla pod

200g butter, soft

handful finely chopped raisins

toasted sesame seeds

Recipe Instructions

Combine the honey with chai masala and vanilla
Spread the butter on your wooden board and gently decorate with a spatula to make small mounds
Drizzle the honey mix over the butter
Sprinkle the raisins and sesame seeds over it
Alternately, you can mix all of it together and place in a ramekin bowl or butter dish and cover and refrigerate and simply bring to room temperature before serving

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