Rancid Butter Restored
Ingredients
Directions
Dissolve 1 teaspoon baking soda in 1 pint of clear cold soft water.
Work the rancid butter in the soda water until fully combined.
Pour off the soda water and rinse the butter in clear cold water three times.
Mix in 2 teaspoons of salt for flavor.
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
- Baking soda
- Neutralizes the acids that make rancid butter taste sour, reducing the off flavor.
- Butter
- Serves as the fat being restored; the main ingredient whose flavor is being improved.
The step that matters
Rinsing the butter after the soda water. Rinsing removes the dissolved soda and any remaining soap-like residue from the butter. Leftover alkali could leave a soapy or bitter taste, so thorough rinsing matters before salting.
“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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