What is brown butter?

Brown butter is melted butter that has been taken just past the point of melted to “brown it”. When you melt butter, you tend to get a separation of the milk solids (the white specks) and the yellow liquid, the butterfat. When you brown the butter, you toast the milk solids so they turn a golden brown which gives the whole thing a nutty flavour. You also see this method in baking, like in this chocolate chip cookie skillet.

What should I serve this whipped brown butter with?

Brown butter works well with sweet and savoury; whipping it gives it a delicious thick texture that smears beautifully onto toast, banana bread, hot cross buns, crumpets. It would be delicious on pancakes or waffles. You could also baste a lovely piece of fish or meat with the brown butter or melt it into pasta. It fits into lots of different categories. Of course, if you've added cinnamon to it or vanilla, I wouldn't recommend adding it to savoury dishes.

Easy Whipped Brown Butter

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Everything is better with butter. But this has a few steps to make this the best and most magnificent butter you’ve ever tasted. Brown the butter first for sweet, nutty flavour, then whip it up for a luxurious texture.

Author: margie
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Yield: Makes 250g whipped butter 1x

Ingredients

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1 pack of 250g butter
pinch of Maldon sea salt
you could also add a splash or vanilla, a dash of maple syrup or small pinch of cinnamon - these all work really well and are so good.

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Instructions

For the butter, heat it gently in a pan. It will melt and then foam. Keep stirring and after a few minutes you will get a lovely nutty smell and the butter will begin to turn brown. It’s easiest to use a light coloured pan so you can keep an eye on it. There is a fine line between a dark beurre noisette and it getting burnt – so keep an eye on it!
Remove from the heat and pour into a bowl. Place this bowl over ice, or you can pop it in the fridge or freezer to cool down.
Then simply whisk for about 5 minutes by hand or quicker with a electric whisk until it goes lovely and creamy and thick.
Add a sprinkling of Maldon flakey sea salt if you like and enjoy!

Find it online: https://desertislanddishes.co/easy-whipped-brown-butter/