Melting Butter

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747
Source
The Art Of Cookery
Status
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Ingredients (3)
Instructions (6)
  1. Be very careful when melting butter.
  2. Use a well-tinned sauce-pan.
  3. Add a spoonful of cold water and a little dust of flour to the butter, which should be cut into pieces.
  4. Keep shaking the pan in one direction to prevent it from oiling.
  5. Once all the butter is melted, let it boil until smooth and fine.
  6. A silver pan is best if available.
Original Text
In melting of butter you must be very careful; let your sauce-pan be well tinned; take a spoonful of cold water, a little dust of flour, and your butter cut to pieces: be sure to keep shaking your pan one way, for fear it should oil; when it is all melted, let it boil, and it will be smooth and fine. A silver pan is best, if you have one.
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