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Melted Butter

Melted butter with water to adjust consistency.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Melted Butter

Melted Butter

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Melt the butter in a saucepan over low heat.

  2. Add a small amount of water to the melted butter to achieve desired consistency.

  3. Serve warm, keeping it separate from the dish to accommodate different tastes.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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
Provides fat and rich flavor, and sets the texture of the finished sauce.

“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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