How to prevent butter burning during cooking


How to prevent butter burning during cooking
Butter, which is excellent for fixing flavours in a recipe, burns if the temperature is too high. It darkens and produces unpleasant small black specks (by the way, note that the famous recipe "raie au beurre noir", ray in black butter, is a kind of sacrilege!).
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For 1 cooking, you will need:
  • 1 butter 1 knob butter
  • 2 oil 1 tablespoon oil
  • Total weight: 25 grams

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Cooking: 3 min.

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Stage 1 - ⌛ 3 min.
How to prevent butter burning during cooking : Stage 1
To avoid this, you can add a little oil to the butter which allows you to raise the temperature further. But this is not always an appropriate method as sometimes it's not desirable to use oil (for a dessert for exemple).

It's well worth making clarified butter.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe0020 RDI=4 %210 RDI=10 %880 RDI: 10 %
Per 100 g0090 RDI=10 %840 RDI=40 %3,530 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
Possible allergens in this recipe: milk
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  • There is no milk in butter! Butter is made from cream, made from milk.
    Posted by Lana october 22th 2012 at 11:56 n° 2
  • This is a kitchen myth. The milk solids in butter will still burn at the same temperature, adding oil just disperses them more widely so it isn't as visible.
    Posted by Laurie october 17th 2012 at 21:55 n° 1

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