Butter Sauces: Beurre Noisette and Beurre Noir
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Two preparations that exist at opposite ends of the Maillard browning scale for butter — and that demonstrate, together, the full flavour arc that butter undergoes as heat transforms its milk solids. Beurre noisette (hazelnut butter — named for its colour, not its flavour): butter cooked until the milk solids turn a deep gold and the smell is of hazelnuts and caramel. Beurre noir (black butter): the same process continued past the hazelnut stage to a dark, almost-burnt colour, then deacidified with capers and vinegar. Both are sauces in themselves — immediate preparations, finished in seconds, served at the moment of completion.
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