Le Cordon Bleu

Beurre manié

Preparation info
  • Yield:

    4 ounces

    of liquid.
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Cuisine Foundations
Cuisine Foundations

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 2010

  • About

Beurre manié can be loosely translated from the French as “worked butter.” In fact, the act of making this liaison is just that—equal amounts of butter and flour are worked together until each flour particle is coated in butter.

Ingredients

U.S. Metric
2 oz

Method

  1. Sift the flour (tamiser).
  2. Soften the butter (beurre pommade).
  3. Work the flour and butter together until they form a homogenous paste.
  4. Reserve in the refrigerator.