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beurre

beurre

2 8.6
A soft yellow food made from milk used for cooking and spreading
  • noun
  • /bɜr/
translation icon : mantequilla
  • The Orange Team made poached salmon with seasonal vegetables and beurre blanc.
  • beurre blanc
  • beurre blanc sauce
  • beurre rouge

Examples

  • The recipe calls for a classic French beurre to enhance the dish.

  • Don't let that beurre blanc separate.

  • Lecter stirs at his beurre noisette.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • What's beurre blanc?

  • I think I'm going to have the rouget citrus without the potatoes and the blanc without the beurre.

  • We whisked the sauce into the beurre to give it a rich flavor.

  • I learned how to make a creamy beurre from my cooking class.

Synonyms

butter
vsbeurre
635 1.0

A soft yellow food made from cream used for cooking and spreading

is the French culinary term used in recipes

Compounds

beurre noisette
  • Specialized
9.9

Butter cooked until light brown that has a nutty taste and is used as a sauce

Surface Forms

beurre singular
beurres plural

Etymology

Beurre is the French name for butter. It comes from an old word that meant 'cow cheese' or 'dairy fat', so you can remember that beurre is the rich, creamy fat used to cook, make sauces, and spread on bread.