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Definition of Brown butter
1. Noun. Clarified butter browned slowly and seasoned with vinegar or lemon juice and capers.
Definition of Brown butter
1. Noun. A preparation of unsalted butter in which the butterfat and milk solids are allowed to separate and brown over a heat, used in French pastry or as a sauce. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brown Butter
Literary usage of Brown butter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hand-book of Practical Cookery: For Ladies and Professional Cooks by Pierre Blot (1884)
"... With brown butter.—Break gently in a plate or dish, and without breaking the
yolks, eight eggs; sprinkle salt and pepper on them. ..."
2. The Murrey Collection of Cookery Books by Thomas Jefferson Murrey (1895)
"Eggs with brown butter. — Break four eggs separated into a cup; brown two ounces
of butter in a frying pan; add the eggs gently to the butter, ..."
3. May Byron's Vegetable Book: Containing Over 750 Recipes for the Cooking and by May Clarissa Gillington Byron (1916)
"BRUSSELS SPROUTS WITH brown butter Carefully remove all outer stale leaves of a
quart of fresh Brussels sprouts, wash in two different changes of water, ..."
4. Dictionary of the French and English Languages by Gabriel Surenne (1856)
"... va. tu open again Roux, rousse, adj. red, ruddy / du beurre —, brown butter !
il est dun — ardent, h>s hair is of a burning red Royal, e, adj. royal, ..."
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