2,535 lemon butter recipes

Esterhazy Rostbraten is a classic Austrian beef sirloin dish with julienned root vegetables in a cognac cream sauce. An elegant Viennese main course finished with sour cream.

Lightly floured catfish fillets sautéed in butter with garlic, scallions, mushrooms, and beer, finished with lemon and Worcestershire. Served over rice with pan gravy.

Banana cream pie with a buttery pecan-shortbread crust, a thin chocolate layer, vanilla custard folded with whipped cream and fresh bananas. Makes two pies for the county fair winner's circle.

Silky cottage cheese blends with lemon zest, plump raisins, and crunchy nuts in a sweet custard pie that tastes like a lighter, tangier version of cheesecake.

Topsy turvy apple pecan pie flips out of its pan like a tarte tatin, revealing a caramelized pecan-and-brown-sugar top crust over cinnamon-spiced Granny Smith apples. A Thanksgiving showstopper.

Very tasty pies, I used fresh cherries, still so great.

Venison steaks with a Scotch whiskey sour sauce made from cranberries, orange juice, currant jelly, and Dijon mustard. A refined wild game dish with a sweet-tart pan sauce.

Blackberry cream nut tart with a flaky shortening crust, white chocolate cream cheese filling, boysenberry-glazed blackberries, and a walnut lattice topping.

Italian baked squid stuffed with creamy ricotta, wilted spinach, and chopped tentacles, braised in white wine and plum tomatoes. A classic trattoria dish that turns simple calamari into an elegant dinner.

Lemon cream meringue pie with a zest-infused custard filling, blind-baked flaky crust, and Swiss meringue topping broiled golden. A from-scratch lemon pie done right.

Brown bag French apple pie: a cinnamon-spiced apple pie with a buttery streusel top, baked inside a paper bag that traps steam for meltingly tender apples and a crisp, golden crumb. No top crust needed.

Broiled flank steak marinated overnight in lemon juice, soy sauce, and oregano, topped with sauteed onions. An 8-hour marinade tenderizes this lean cut into something special.

Finnish curd cake (rahkakakku) built on a buttered breadcrumb crust with sieved cottage cheese, cardamom, ginger, and citrus zest folded through a tender flour batter.

Baked oysters on the half shell topped with pineapple, pimento, green pepper, lemon, and melted butter. A retro Hawaiian-inspired appetizer that broils in just 5 minutes.

New York-style sour cream cheesecake on a graham cracker almond crust with lemon juice and almond extract. Slow-cooled in the oven to prevent cracking.

Grilled chicken breasts with a silky French tarragon-Dijon butter sauce. Marinate in lemon and oil, grill until charred, then drizzle with buttery wine reduction spiked with mustard.