Garlic butter, also known as ''beurre à la bourguignonne'', is a
compound butter used as a flavoring for many dishes or as a
condiment.
['' Larousse Gastronomique'' (1961), Crown Publishers]
(''Translated from the French, Librairie Larousse, Paris (1938)'') It is composed of
butter
Butter is a dairy product made from the fat and protein components of churned cream. It is a semi-solid emulsion at room temperature, consisting of approximately 80% butterfat. It is used at room temperature as a spread, melted as a condim ...
and
garlic
Garlic (''Allium sativum'') is a species of bulbous flowering plant in the genus '' Allium''. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, Welsh onion and Chinese onion. It is native to South Asia, Central Asia and northeas ...
mixed into a paste. The ingredients are blended and typically chilled before use.
Dipping sauce
In the United States, garlic butter in small cups is sometimes served with seafood (such as
lobster
Lobsters are a family (Nephropidae, synonym Homaridae) of marine crustaceans. They have long bodies with muscular tails and live in crevices or burrows on the sea floor. Three of their five pairs of legs have claws, including the first pair, ...
),
pizza
Pizza (, ) is a dish of Italian origin consisting of a usually round, flat base of leavened wheat-based dough topped with tomatoes, cheese, and often various other ingredients (such as various types of sausage, anchovies, mushrooms, on ...
, or
breadsticks
Breadsticks, also known as grissini, grissino or dipping sticks, (''ghërsin'' in ) are generally pencil-sized sticks of crisp, dry baked bread that originated in Piedmont, a region of Italy. There is also a soft-baked breadstick version po ...
as a
dip. To prolong shelf life, the dip may use
clarified butter
Clarified butter is milk fat rendered from butter to separate the milk solids and water from the butterfat. Typically, it is produced by melting butter and allowing the components to separate by density. The water evaporates, some solids (i.e. ...
or flavored oils.
See also
*
List of butter dishes
This is a list of notable butter dishes and foods in which butter is used as a primary ingredient or as a significant component of a dish or a food. Butter is a dairy product that consists of butterfat, milk proteins, and water. It is made by ...
*
List of condiments
*
References
Butter
Garlic dishes
French sauces
Foods featuring butter
{{france-cuisine-stub