Salted Butter
By: Anonymous

About

Butter is a dairy product made by churning fresh or fermented milk.
Salt is added to butter as a preservative, however the amount of salt from different butters vary. They can contain as much as 5%% salt or about 1 teaspoon per stick.
Salted butter is used extensively for food preparation. Butter is used for sauteing, frying, making sauces, and most especially in baking. Specially when sauteing or frying take into account its relatively low smoke point (around 350°F = 176°C).
Unsalted butter must be handles more carefully as it has no salt to help preserve it. Most baking recipes and higher quality recipe websites use only UNSALTED butter in their recipes. Since butter must have an 80%% minimum milk fat content, unsalted butter may actually have more fat or more water than salted butter and thus can affect crusts, short doughs and other high butter content recipes.
European style butters use cultured milk as a starter and the resulting butter thus have a slightly fermented acid note to them from the production of butyric acid. When highly cultured the butter will begin to have a cheesy note to it. This is also common in Mexico and Latin America.

Information
Other names: Butter
Translations: Sālītu sviestu, kas, Sūdyto sviesto,, Unt sărat, Slani maslac, Bơ muối, Masło solone, Gezouten boter, मक्खन नमकीन, Manteiga com sal, Соленым маслом, Αλατισμένο βούτυρο, زبدة مملحة, 소금에 절인 버터, Solené máslo, Слани бутер, Inasnan mantikilya, 盐渍黄油, Mantega salada, Soljeno maslo, Solené maslo, Burro salato, חמאה מלוחה, Saltat smör, Butter Asin, 塩バター, Beurre Salé, Gesalzene Butter, Saltet Smør, Saltet Butter, Mantequilla salada, Солоним маслом, Suolattu Voi, Осолено масло


Physical Description
Light in color, from a pale ivory to a slightly darker ivory beginning to appear slight yellow in color. In the eastern part of the US it is often sold either in 1 lb blocks or in 1/4 lb long sticks. In the western part of the US it is often sold in 1/4 pound sticks that are shorter and fatter than the long sticks sold in the east.
Colors: Ivory


Tasting Notes
Flavors: Creamy, sweet
Mouthfeel: Smooth, Melty, Creamy
Food complements: Almost all foods but partuclarly baked goods, Cooked pastas, Acidified sauces such as hollandaise, Bearnaise and red wine reductions to serve with meats.
Wine complements: Red wine, Cabernet savignon, Merlot, Zinfandel, White wine
Beverage complements: Milk, Cocoa, Rum, Brandy
Substitutes: Margarine, Unsalted butter, Ghee


Selecting and Buying
Seasonality: january, february, march, april, may, june, july, august, september, opctober, november, december
Peak: january, february, march, april, may, june, july, august, september, opctober, november, december
Buying: Salted butter is available at all grocery stores.