Drawn Butter

Drawn butter is a butter-based sauce typically served with lobster or crab.

Ingredients

• 1 cup (250 ml / 8.5 oz) water
• 2 teaspoons flour
• 2 oz unsalted butter

Steps

1. Bring the water to a boil in a saucepan.
2. Mix the flour and butter together until they are perfectly smooth.
3. Stir this into the boiling water, and add salt to taste.

More recipes with flour or butter

Adapted from “Drawn Butter” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.