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Melted Butter

Melted butter is butter melted with water and seasoned with salt.

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. Melt the butter in a saucepan over low heat.

  2. Add water and stir until combined.

  3. Season with salt to taste.

  4. Serve in a separate dish to keep hot.

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 body of the sauce as it cools.

“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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