To Flavor Butter
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wrap the butter in cheese cloth, using just enough to cover it well.
Fill a large vegetable dish with nasturtium or clover blossoms.
Place the wrapped butter deep in the dish and pile the blossoms closely over it.
Infuse and serve
Cover the dish and let it sit for twenty-four hours or longer.
Serve the flavored butter on thin slices of bread.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Butter
- Fat that slowly absorbs the aromatic compounds from the blossoms, carrying their flavor.
- Nasturtium or clover blossoms
- Supply the aroma and mild flavor that the butter takes up during the long rest.
The step that matters
Letting the butter infuse. Fat absorbs aroma compounds slowly, so the butter needs to stay covered and in close contact with the blossoms for the full time. A short rest gives only a faint flavor.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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