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, loosely: brown butter) is a type of warm sauce used in

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. It can accompany savoury foods, such as winter vegetables, pasta, fish, omelettes, and chicken.Salt crust chicken With bread sauce and beurre noisette
. It has become a popular ingredient in other cultures as well, such as in contemporary American cuisine or the traditional American

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. It is widely used in making

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. It has a deep yellow, almost brown, colour and a nutty scent and flavour from the heating process.

Preparation

When unsalted butter is melted over low heat and allowed to separate into

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and

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s, the latter naturally sink to the bottom of the pan and, if left warming over gentle heat, will begin to cook slightly and turn a deep brown color. As they reach a toasty hazelnut colour, the pan is removed from the heat. The result is called ''beurre noisette'', or brown butter. ''Beurre noisette'' may be used in its liquid state as a flavorful addition to many foods or cooled into a solid form. It has a nutty flavour and is particularly included in the batters for '' madeleines'' and ''

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''. If ''beurre noisette'' is not mixed after preparation, but separated to the firm (protein) and liquid (fat) components, the latter is the type of

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known as ''

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'' in

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countries.

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Preparation

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