Butter is a versatile dairy product with a creamy taste and texture, made from churned cream. It's used for baking, frying, enriching sauces, and as a spread. Unsalted and salted varieties are common.
Butter is frequently combined with salt, sugar, eggs, and plain flour, highlighting its broad application in both sweet and savoury dishes. Recipe titles like "Indisches Butter Chicken", "Marmorkuchen" (Marble Cake), "Casserole", and "Soup" demonstrate its use in main courses, baked goods, and sauces. It's a staple for flavour and texture.
In vegan cooking, Plant-based margarine, coconut oil, or specific vegan butter alternatives. work well as an alternative to Butter.
Ingredients that, besides Salt, frequently appear together with Butter in public recipes.
Recipes featuring butter span savoury dishes ("Savory", "Casserole", "Soup") and baked goods ("Baking", "Cake", "Sheet cake"). It's popular for main courses, lunch, and coffee & cakes. The high count of vegetarian recipes is insightful here, as butter is used in both sweet and many savoury vegetarian dishes.
There are 164 public recipes with this ingredient in total.
Butter is used in 230 recipes.