Radishes with Butter and Salt

This recipe has become my new favorite snack! Adapted from Barefoot in Paris: Easy French Food You Can Make at Home by Ina Garten, published in 2004.

Radishes with Butter and Salt
Serves 6 to 8

Ingredients
2 bunches radishes, thinly sliced
sea salt
salted butter or Herbed Butter*
1 French baguette, sliced diagonally, and lightly toasted

Directions
Arrange radishes on slices of toasted bread and spread with butter and sprinkle with salt or spread with Herbed Butter. Arrange artfully on a platter. Serve at room temperature.

*To prepare Herbed Butter:
Ingredients: ¼ pound unsalted butter, at room temperature; 1½ teaspoons minced scallions; 1½ minced fresh dill; 1½ teaspoons minced fresh parsley leaves; ½ teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice; ½ teaspoon kosher salt; pinch freshly ground black pepper

Directions: Combine all the ingredients in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on low speed until combined. Do not whip.