The Catalan TableBrowned Butter (Beurre Noisette)
Brown butter is a toasted butter that adds a subtle roasted nut flavor to your pastries, with a smooth and aromatic consistency.
Ingredients
Servings
4
Ingredients
- butter
Nutritional Information
Per 100 g
Calories
717 kcal
Protein
0.9 g
Fat
81.1 g
Carbohydrates
0.1 g
Calculated from reviewed ingredient weights and pinned USDA FoodData Central records.
Step-by-step Guide
Method
- Put the butter in a pan over a low heat.
- Let it boil and cook until it takes on a toasted colour (around 145 ºC). Keep skimming the foam.
- When it is golden, take it off the heat. Strain it if you want to remove the solids; if it is going into a cake, you can leave them.
Recommendations & Tricks
- It is simply toasted butter that can replace ordinary butter in cakes, so they pick up a toasted aftertaste.
Original recipe
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