How to butter a dish or a mould easily


How to butter a dish or a mould easily
Often when making gratins, crumbles or other oven-cooked dishes, you will need to butter the dish or mould. To butter (or grease) means to rub inside the mould with a knob of butter to prevent the mixture sticking too much.

Instead of putting a knob of butter in the dish and wiping with paper, here is a smart and quicker way.
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Last modified on: February 21th 2011
For 1 dish, you will need:
  • 1 butter 1 knob butter
  • Total weight: 10 grams

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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 1 min.

Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - 1 min.
How to butter a dish or a mould easily  : Stage 1
Remove butter from wrapper, and put in a dish. Use the butter paper to rub inside the dish or mould.

Usually, there is enough butter still on the paper so you shouldn't need to add any more.

After use, wrap butter in its paper again.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe008 RDI=1 %80 RDI=4 %320 RDI: 4 %
Per 100 g0080 RDI=10 %760 RDI=40 %3,180 RDI: 40 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man
Possible allergens in this recipe: milk
How much will it cost?
  • For 1 dish : 0.10 €

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