brown butter
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Start with brown butter — cooled, but still fragrant — and mix it with brown sugar, flour, a generous measure of cinnamon and a pinch of salt.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026
After a few runs, settle in for a hearty lunch of schnitzel and spinach dumplings cooked in brown butter sauce at Filzalm, a cozy mountain hut perched 4,265 feet above sea level.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026
And then, the one deliberate deviation: brown butter.
From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025
It’s served tempura style with brown butter, aged Buddha’s hand fruit, fresh walnuts and black truffle.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025
Pour over them enough brown butter sauce to well moisten them.
From The Century Cook Book by Ronald, Mary
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