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Melted Butter

Melted butter with water and salt, served as a sauce.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Melted Butter

Melted Butter

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a pint saucepan, melt the butter over low heat.

  2. Add water and stir until combined.

  3. Season with salt to taste.

  4. Serve separately in a sauce boat.

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

Unsalted butter
Provides fat and richness, forming the body of the sauce.
Water
Adds moisture that thins the melted butter into a pourable 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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