we LOVE butter in our family. a little (or BIG) pat of butter makes everything taste better. some of us REALLY love butter… when lucy was about four, we were baking oatmeal chocolate chip cookies (notice i DIDN’T say “raisin”) and i turned around and lu was clutching an errant stick, taking bites out it, like it was a banana. so we were beside ourselves when our friend, jessica pratt jacobson, started fireworks finishing butters.
jess has always harbored a love of cooking delicious food. as a teenager, she spent hours pouring over her grandmother’s bon appetit and gourmet magazines, meticulously copying down her favorite recipes by hand and storing them in a binder. she began her career in graphic design, but never lost her desire to work full time with food. in 2016, jess found herself living in boulder, colorado - the natural and organic food mecca of the western slope - with her husband and three children and the timing was right for her to launch a butter business.
jess started with a favorite family steak butter recipe that had long been a staple in her own kitchen, now officially known as “classic steakhouse.” she then developed three more flavors: chipotle tomato, ginger miso and honey lavender sea salt. jess’ butters are created in the centuries old french tradition of “buerre compose”… adding fresh herbs and seasoning to a base butter. fireworks finishing butters are made with all natural ingredients (a grass-fed dairy butter base with no antibiotics, pesticides, growth hormones or rBGH.) the result is a smooth, rich and savory mouth feel. the seasoned butter is then used to “finish” or enhance the flavor of a dish in a fashion similar to a sauce. fireworks finishing butters can be incorporated into a recipe as an ingredient, or added at the end, for that “firework” moment when different tastes are combined to create a surprising, exciting flavor explosion.
grilled steak topped with fireworks classic steakhouse
fireworks finishing butters’ website is loaded with recipe ideas for all four flavors, but quick, easy uses for the butters include fried eggs, sautéed spinach, popcorn, corn on the cob and of course, as toppings for steak, chicken and fish.
fireworks mixed grill platter
fireworks chipotle tomato pasta
fireworks ginger miso scallops
corn and zucchini salad with fireworks chipotle tomato
fried eggs with fireworks chipotle tomato
street corn with fireworks chipotle tomato and queso
popcorn topped with fireworks honey lavender sea salt
jess’ butters can be found locally at lucky’s market, alfalfas, organic sandwich company, the butcher’s block in aspen and the longmont cheese importers (my favorite cheese shop!) they are also available online for shipment.
during the summer and fall, jessica and her sweet troop of children can be found at local farmer’s markets on saturday mornings selling her delicious butters and offering tastings and recipe suggestions.
peach crisp with fireworks honey lavender sea salt
this month, fireworks finishing butters will be present at the following holiday pop ups:
friday, december 7th 6-9 pm
cedar art studios: 1740 cedar avenue, boulder, co 80304
thursday, december 13th 3-9 pm
private home in the waterstone neighborhood: 5388 waterstone drive, boulder, co 80301
jess’ butters make terrific gifts… MY favorite is the miso ginger, so that is what all of my clients will be receiving… EVERYTHING is better with butter (especially fireworks finishing butter!)
