How To Make Browned Butter Recipe

Brown Butter Recipe

Thought butter was awesome already? Well it can get even better! Browned butter adds deep, rich and delicious flavor to so many recipes. Browned butter sauce for spaghetti? Yes please! In desserts? Most certainly. Seafood, pork? Yes and yes! You can add this scrumptious nutty butter to all kinds of dishes, elevating them to Michelin restaurant quality. Plus it’s so easy to make.

How to make Browned Butter

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Melt the butter: Add your butter to a heated, heavy saucepan on a medium heat and allow to melt. Whisk: As the butter is melting make sure to whisk, you’ll often see the butter bubbling and frothing. Brown: You’ll see small dark flecks forming, allow the butter to turn brown and remove once you smell a nutty aroma.

What is Browned Butter?

Brown butter is also known as beurre noisette. It is made by cooking unsalted butter, turn the milk solids brown as well as cooking out any water in the butter. Browned butter tastes nutty, with a hint of roasting. It has a richer, more intense flavor than melted or clarified butter.

What is it used for?

You can use this beautiful ingredient in so many recipes! It lends a deeper flavor to everything it touches. Here’s some ideas:

Seafood Eggs: scrambled eggs, over-easy, fried; use brown butter for a deeper flavor. Veggies: works great with sautéed vegetables. Pasta: from spaghetti to ravioli this takes pasta to the next level! Pork Granola: helps the nuts and oats in granola toast and gives it a richer nutty flavor. Pancakes Popcorn Mashed Potatoes: For a super buttery mash! Soup: drizzle in soup for a nutty, creamy hit. Great in potato soup Cookies Cakes Ice Cream

We recently used brown butter in our Brown Butter Banana Bread and it was fantastic!

What is Brown Butter Sauce?

Browned butter sauce is so good! And the best bit? It’s just another name for browned butter. You usually call it a ‘sauce’ when you spoon it over dishes like seafood or pasta. It’s often just called browned butter when it’s added to a recipe during cooking, like with cookies or cakes.