Butter from grass fed cattle

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What is the difference between "butter" and "cooking butter"?

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I think it has to do with salt content. I buy unsalted butter all the time because I prefer to add salt if and when I need it.

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Not much apart from the price, according to this .

Cooking butter seems to be able to have up to 10% more foreign milk/cream in it than the normal table butter.

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There is no difference in taste. I bought Kochbutter lately - because I like that it comes in a box, that I can close again.

Didn't know there is budget-butter. As it's the same quality (according to the link) I'll try it, should I see it.

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No, that's not it. Beurre gourmande, as is called in civilised language, is still usually unsalted, but can be found salted too. Just like normal butter it will be clearly labelled either way.

Taste-wise I'm not sure there's a difference, but the table one is usually called 'extra-fin' in France, which implies a slightly different texture. This can mean the cooking version is harder to spread straight from the fridge.

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That sounds like you may have bought Bratbutter instead which is indeed different as it's an extract of table butter where the more temperature-sensitive components and vitrually all of the water have been removed.

If memory serves, Bratbutter doesn't chemically react up to 200°C or thereabouts.

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Nope, I didn't.

Bratbutter is this stuff . I don't use butter for cooking, so I don't buy this and also can't comment on it.

I also noticed - thanks to this thread - that they don't write "Kochbutter" on it anymore although it is still wrapped the exact same way as it was when I was a child.

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Bratbutter is the same as ghee, known as "clarified butter" in English, and yes, it's got a very high smoke point which is why it can be used instead of oil in many cooking methods.

It's simple to make your own - which we used to do for Indian cooking until I came across this product - simply heat up the butter for a few minutes and skim off the impurities that come to the surface. But no-one with any taste buds could mistake it for ordinary butter - it's completely different in both texture and taste.