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Perfect Brown Butter

by Angela January 23, 2019
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Perfect Brown Butter, the Maillard reaction will add incredible depth of flavor to any savory or sweet dish. This simple technique will open the door to creating your own recipes that sing!

And it’s SIMPLE to make too! In culinary school, it’s referred to as Beurre Noisette, meaning brown butter or nut brown butter. A Classic French sauce that is poured over, fish, vegetables, and pasta.

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It’s also amazing when used in cookies, granola, pancakes and well just about anything and everything. After toasting, the sauce takes on a beautiful amber color that has an almost hazelnut flavor and aroma.ย 

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We use it to flavor our favorite Brown Butter Granola with Pecans & Cranberries!

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Slice the butter, drop into a pan, heat it gently and whisk as it melts.

Butter in a saute pan for making Brown Butter. Mean Green Chef

The butter will foam then subside but youโ€™ll need to keep a close eye on it to prevent burning.

Butter cooking in a saute pan for making Brown Butter. Mean Green Chef
Butter cooking in a saute pan for making Brown Butter. Mean Green Chef

Watch for lightly browned specks forming on the butter of the pan and youโ€™ll also get a nutty aroma.

Butter cooking in a saute pan for making Brown Butter. Mean Green Chef
Butter cooking in a saute pan for making Brown Butter. Mean Green Chef

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What can I use Brown Butter for?

  • Add to Granola, try our Brown Butter Granola with Pecans and Cranberries
  • Use it in waffle or pancake mix
  • Cook your eggs in it
  • Stir into soups
  • Flavor with fried sage and toss with pasta
  • Pour over fish
  • Dip lobster into it
  • Stir into mashed potatoes
  • Saute greens in it with a fresh squeeze of lemon
  • Roast vegetables in it

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How to Make Perfect Brown Butter

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Perfect Brown Butter
Prep Time
3 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
8 mins
 

Perfect Brown Butter, the Maillard reaction will add incredible depth of flavor to any savory or sweet dish. This simple technique will open the door to creating your own recipes that sing!

Category: Cooking Techniques
Cuisine: French
Keyword: Brown Butter
Servings: 1 cup
Author: Mean Green Chef
Ingredients
  • 1 cup (240 grams) butter, unsalted
Instructions
  1. Heat a heavy-bottomed light colored pan over medium-high heat. Add the butter and allow it to melt. Using a flat bottomed wooden spoon, stir the solids around to keep them from burning.

    Butter cooking in a saute pan for making Brown Butter. Mean Green Chef
  2. After the butter is melted completely, it will begin to foam heavily as the moisture cooks off and the milk solids begin to brown. Continue stirring and turn the heat down to medium, watching to make sure the solids don't burn. 

    Butter cooking in a saute pan for making Brown Butter. Mean Green Chef
  3. The browned butter is ready when the milk solids become golden brown in color, and the butter slightly darkens in color and has a nutty aroma, about 2 to 5 minutes in total. 

    Butter cooking in a saute pan for making Brown Butter. Mean Green Chef
  4. Remove from heat and transfer the brown butter to a glass jar or container to keep from burning the solids. 

Recipe Notes
  • Prep time is approximate.
  • Allow to cool and use immediately.ย 
  • To store: Place in the fridge, it will re-solidify, use within 2 weeks.
  • To freeze: Pour into ice cube trays, freeze and then store in a heavy duty freezer bag up to one year.ย ย 

Try some of our other recipes with this magical brown butter!!ย 

  • Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies
  • Bakery Style Chocolate Chip Cookies
  • Dutch Stamppot

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Hi, Iโ€™m Angela, I grew up in New York in an Irish-Italian multi-generational restaurateur family. Iโ€™ve been in the kitchen over 35 years, and itโ€™s still my favorite place to create. Growing up in hustle and bustle of professional kitchens was the forefront for my love of all things food. From baking bread, desserts, to hand rolling pasta and mastering the art of soup making. It was the bedrock that shaped my life.

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