Brown Sage Butter Recipe

Small wooden bowl with brown butter and sage leaves inside.

5 from 3 votes

Brown Sage Butter brings an incredibly delicious nutty, earthy flavor to everything it's added to. Melt it over squash or steak, spread it on bread, baste a chicken or turkey with it -- it will add another dimension of flavor that's out of this world!

Makes about ½ cup / serving size: about 1 tablespoon

Prep Time5

Cook Time10

Total Time15

Course: Condiments, Sauces, Dressings and Vinaigrettes

Cuisine: American

Keyword: great for Thanksgiving, great for basting

Servings:

Calories: 204kcal

Author: Valentina K. Wein

Equipment

whisk

Ingredients

8 ounces unsalted butter
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh sage, washed and dried

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Get two small bowls out, one slightly bigger than the other, and fill one with ice. Set them both aside.  
Brown the butter. Add the butter to a small sauté pan, and place it over medium-low heat.  Let it melt for a few minutes. It will foam up a bit, then subside.  You will start to see the color change. Milk solids will brown towards the bottom of the pan, so be sure to stir frequently to ensure these don't stick. The upper liquid portion of the butter will become a pretty golden color.
Turn off the heat, remove the pan from the stove.
Add the chopped sage. Add the sage, stir and let it steep for at least 5 minutes, while the butter is still hot.
Cool and solidify the butter. Pour the brown sage butter into the empty mixing bowl. Use a heat resistant, rubber spatula to be sure you get all of the brown bits from the bottom of the pan.  Place this bowl directly on top of the ice in the other bowl and use a whisk to gently stir until the butter has solidified. (This should only take a couple of minutes.)
You can wrap the butter in plastic wrap as is, or you can make it into a cylinder, wrapped in parchment or plastic wrap, for pretty slices. Either way refrigerate it. You should let it harden in the refrigerator for a few hours if you want to slice it.

Notes

Calorie count is only an estimate.

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