Everything tastes better with brown butter. Everyone knows that. It doesn’t matter whether you are talking about sweet dishes like sugar cookies, or a more savory dish, like pasta. Brown butter just makes it all better.
It adds a richness and fullness to the flavor that beats melted butter, because it has a toasted, nutty quality to it.
To be clear, most people who taste brown butter in a dish don’t pick it out immediately. But they will notice that something is definitely working.
Brown butter leaves everyone satisfied ad pleased, but not quite sure why.
It is simple to make brown butter on your stove top, but the process is not exactly easy. First of all, you need the butter cut into uniform cubes because it absolutely has to brown evenly.
You have to get the burner to the right temperature so that the butter melts and browns fast enough not to hold you hostage to your stove and slow enough not to overcook.
Perhaps the most demanding aspect of it is that you have to stand there and watch, stir, and swirl the pan from time to time and to take it off the fire when it develops just the right color and smell. You see, it takes but a heartbeat for brown butter to go from perfect to burnt, and you have to be there to keep that from happening.
If you could make brown butter in the microwave, you could avoid all the mess and the fuss, and free up space on your stove top as well as free up your kitchen counter.
Make Brown Butter using the Microwave
Cut your butter roughly and place it in a microwave-safe bowl. If you are working with a cup of butter, cover the bowl and microwave on high for 10 minutes.
If you are working with less than a cup of butter, you can do this for less than 10 minutes. When your brown butter is ready, it should smell nutty and have some brown bits inside it, as well as a nice amber color.
If you don’t see this, just pop it back in for one more minute or two. The microwave is much less likely to burn your brown butter in my experience.
You don’t have to use your hands to mix and turn the butter. It is completely hands-off.
You can recycle the bowl for something else. You can even bake in the same bowl!Browning butter on the microwave is a lot easier and less messy than on the stove top. Try this recipe, and maybe use the brown butter to make some blondies. They will taste so much more amazing and you will be the only one who will know the secret reason.
