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Brown Butter

Level up your butter to the nutty, toasted, magical awesomeness of brown butter!

Morsels of Life - Brown Butter - Level up your butter to the nutty, toasted, magical awesomeness of brown butter!

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If you know me, then you know I like butter. But you know what's even better than regular ol' butta? BROWN butter.

Also known as beurre noisette, or hazelnut butter in French. It's got a bit of nutty flavor just packed with yum. Use it on all sorts of things - veggies, pasta, fish, chicken, or even just on a spoon. No judgement here! Fortunately for you, it's also really simple to make. Afterall, what you're doing is simply heating butter until it browns - easy enough, right?

As you heat butter, an emulsion, the water evaporates and the milk proteins separate out and begin to brown. The milk proteins browning gives brown butter it's wonderfully nutty flavor. The only crucial part? Removing the butter from the heat before you get black butter. And one good way to know when to remove your butter from heat is to be smarter than me and use a light colored pan. It'll make your life a lot easier. Trust me.

What are some simple ways to level up your ingredients?

Morsels of Life - Brown Butter - Level up your butter to the nutty, toasted, magical awesomeness of brown butter!


by Morsels of Life | CJ Huang
Level up your butter to the nutty, toasted, magical awesomeness of brown butter!

 
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Servings: 16 (1 tablespoon each)
Cuisine: French
Category: sauces

 

Materials:

Mass Weight Volume Number Material Notes
227 grams 8 ounces 1 cup butter

Methods:

  1. Gather all materials.
  2. Melt butter. It'll make your life a lot easier if you're smarter than me and use a light colored pot. :)
  3. Continue heating and stirring butter until slightly browned. Then remove from heat.
  4. Filter out browned milk solids.

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Calories (Cal): 100 ・ Sodium (mg): 80 ・ Fat (g): 12 ・ Protein (g): 0 ・ Carbs (g): 0 ・ Fiber (g): 0
Nutritional values are estimates only. See our full nutrition disclosure here.

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Morsels of Life - Brown Butter Step 1 - Gather all materials. 1. Gather all materials.
Morsels of Life - Brown Butter Step 2 - Melt butter. It'll make your life a lot easier if you're smarter than me and use a light colored pot. :) 2. Melt butter. It'll make your life a lot easier if you're smarter than me and use a light colored pot. :)
Morsels of Life - Brown Butter Step 3 - Continue heating and stirring butter until slightly browned. Then remove from heat. 3. Continue heating and stirring butter until slightly browned. Then remove from heat.
Morsels of Life - Brown Butter Step 4 - Filter out browned milk solids. 4. Filter out browned milk solids.

11 comments:

  1. This sounds delicious! I love the idea of putting it on veggies. I'm definitely going to try it. Thanks for sharing with us at the Merry Monday Link Party! Hope to see you again on Sunday night! :0)

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    1. Yes! It really adds some nice, nutty flavor to veggies. Let me know what you think once you give it a try. :)

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  2. Ooh this looks delicious and I like the idea of a nutty flavour. Thanks for sharing this with us at #AnythingGoes see you next week!

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    1. It's definitely an easy way to add lots of yumminess to - well, just about anything! :)

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  3. Totally new information here! Thank you!

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  4. Oh thank you! Because I can never get this right and one of my favorite pasta dishes has brown butter and mizithra cheese.

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  5. I love the nutty flavor of brown butter. Your instructions are wonderful - so detailed! Thanks for sharing at the What's for Dinner party! Have a wonderful weekend and hope to see you this Sunday at the party.

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    1. Thanks! Sometimes I wonder if it's worth it to show the details. Hope to see you soon!

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  6. Brown butter has such a wonderful flavour and there's a real art to making it properly. Thank you for sharing this recipe! I hadn't thought to try it on vegetables - what an inspired idea! Thank you for being a part of the Hearth and Soul Link Party, CJ.

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    1. Give it a try. :) It adds great flavor, and so easily too!

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