Hard butter is really annoying.
But that need not be.
With a trick, it quickly becomes tender again.
Butter
shouldn't be missing in any household.
Straight out of the
refrigerator
,
butter is
often too hard to be useful in the kitchen.
Consumers * can use simple
tricks
to
soften
the
butter
.
Offenbach - Everyone knows it: You take the
butter
out of the
fridge
in the morning
, it is rock hard and therefore often completely useless.
If you try to spread hard
butter
on a slice of bread, it will be completely messed up.
The anticipation of a delicious breakfast disappears and the anger prevails.
But the spread shouldn't be missing.
Butter
is also indispensable
in baking
.
It is all the more annoying if you forget to take it out of the fridge early enough for it to
soften
.
Make butter spreadable quickly: With these tricks it's easy
Butter
needs to be refrigerated so it doesn't go bad.
If it is not stored in the
refrigerator
, it will quickly go rancid.
But if you want to use it, it is usually not
soft
enough.
To
soften butter
, you can
follow
this
tip
:
You will need:
butter
, a bowl, hot water, a pot holder
Make sure that the diameter of the bowl is large enough for the
butter to
fit underneath.
Put the bowl in the sink.
Boil water.
Rinse the bowl with hot water so that it heats up.
Grab the hot bowl with the pot holder and dry it off a little.
Put the hot bowl over the
butter
.
The
butter
is heated by something and after a few minutes
soft
enough.
Soft butter: Consumers can try the rolling pin trick
A similar procedure is used to bring water to a boil in a saucepan.
Place the bowl with the piece of
butter
on it and turn off the stove.
However, the
butter
should
n't stay too long
over the water bath
, otherwise it will melt.
An alternative is
to cut
the
butter
into cubes.
The small pieces heat up faster and become increasingly
soft
if you put them in a reasonably warm place.
The method with the rolling pin is a bit more brutal.
Put the
butter
in a plastic bag, put it on the table and forcefully roll the rolling pin over it.
The
butter
will not only flat, but also softened.
Nutritional values of butter |
Per 100g (source: Fddb) |
Calorific value |
3102 kJ |
Calories |
741 kcal |
protein |
0.7 g |
Carbohydrates of which sugar) |
0.6 g (0.6 g) |
fat |
83 g |
cholesterol |
221 mg |
Water content |
15 percent |
Hard after the fridge: How to soften butter with simple tricks
Otherwise, the good old microwave is left to
soften
the
butter
.
Here, too, you should be careful
not to heat
the
butter
for too long.
Otherwise it could melt.
If you bake something, the consistency of the cookies or cake could change.
A few seconds should be enough until the
butter is
soft
enough.
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Fresh bread with butter is lovely.
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Another tip for
butter
: store it in the refrigerator door.
The temperatures are a little milder there than in the rest of the refrigerator.
In the slightly warmer door, the
butter
stays tender.
However, certain foods should be stored in the coldest part of the refrigerator.
Since
butter is
also very sensitive to smells, it should always be well packaged - preferably in a jar made of glass, porcelain or plastic.
(Lukas Rogalla) *
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