Devil is in the butter as proven by Alla Diavola Butter recipe from Six Seasons, A New Way with Vegetables by Joshua McFadden (Artisan Books- Copyright © 2017).

Alla Diavola Butter

The Italians have a few dishes they refer to as alla diavola, which means “devil style”—in other words, spicy as hell. In this butter, I bring together layers of not just heat but all kinds of good chile and pepper flavors. You can adjust up or down, depending on how intense you like your heat.

Makes 1 heaping cup

1/2 pound unsalted butter, at room temperature

1 tablespoon smoked paprika

1 tablespoon dried chile flakes

1 tablespoon cracked black pepper

1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

1/4 cup finely chopped seeded pepperoncini (patted dry on paper towels after chopping)

1 tablespoon hot sauce, such as Tabasco

Fold all the ingredients together with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula and pile into whatever container you want to serve or save it in. Chill the butter for at least 1 hour to firm it up and to let the flavors marry and permeate the butter.

More ways:

Stuff in the center of a chicken breast and roast.

Swirl into a tomato soup.

Smear over grilled skirt or flank steak

(* Excepted from Six Seasons by Joshua McFadden-Artisan Books- Copyright © 2017-Photographs by Laura Dart and A.J. Meeker)