Dairy

Butter Always use good-quality butter and never substitute for margarine as this will have a huge bearing on the quality of your final dish. Most of the recipes use unsalted butter unless stated where I use speciality sea salted butter. With some recipes using butter you may need to think ahead, some require softened butter so I would recommend getting it out of the fridge before to come to room temperature. Store in the fridge at 3-5°C (37-41°F).

Sea salted butter I specially order in sea salted butter from Brittany in France. It differs in flavour and appearance from salted butter - the salt crystals are large and when the butter is cut into, you can see them throughout. You can now find this butter in the supermarkets, usually as their own premium brand. Store in the fridge at 3-5°C (37-41°F).