brown butter

Toasted milk solids

Brown butter is butter that has been heated until its milk solids caramelize, turning golden-brown and developing a nutty, toasted aroma.

French cooking calls it beurre noisette.

It's used as a sauce for fish or vegetables, or as an ingredient in baked goods for deeper flavor: The pasta was finished with brown butter and sage.

Related

rich · meunière · milk solids · hazelnuts · almondine · cinnamon · trout · financier · warm · caramel · cake · pasta · deglazing · flour · melted · French · fragrant · skillet

Categories
Opposites
cooking transformation

brown butterraw butter

Unpasteurized churned cream fat

fresh butter · clarified butter · ghee · melted butter · sweet cream butter

flavor intensity

brown butterunsalted butter

Dairy fat, no sodium

sweet cream butter · vegetable oil · cultured butter

Family

brown, butter, brownish, browned, browning, auburn, brunette, browner, browny

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G