Types Of Butter

Beurre Fermier

Farm Fresh butter; butter made on a farm

Beurre Laitier

Butter made at a dairy or creamery

Beyrre Pasteurise

Factory Produced Pasteurised butter

Beurre demi-sel

Lightly Salted butter; contains 5 % salt

Beurre Sale (sah lay)

Salted butter; contains up to 10% salt

Beurre Deshydrate

Butter Oil; contains 99.3 percent fat and 0.7 percent water

Beurre Sec

Dry Butter, with low water content; the amount of water can vary 5-8 percent depending on the quality of butter

Beurre Clarifie

Clarified butter

Beurre Compose

Compound butter; softened butter mixed with various ingredients

Beurre en Pommade

Soften butter not melted

Beurre Manie

equal qualities of butter and flour mixed together and used to thicken sauces

Beurre Noisette

butter heated until it turns a nut brown colour

Beurre Monte

Emulsified butter; mixed to combine the water and milk solids. useful for coating ingredients before serving, or for basting