The Unavoidable Ingredient
Proof
America's Test Kitchen
4.4 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Proof listeners, Plougra's premium European style butter is a favorite of bakers. |
| 0:07.0 | Why? Cook's illustrated recipe developer Erica Turner sums it up. |
| 0:11.0 | Hey, Kevin, did you know that the kind of butter you use when you're baking can actually |
| 0:15.7 | make a difference in how your dish turns out? |
| 0:17.8 | I did not. |
| 0:18.8 | Butters that are slow-turned, like Plougrat, are easier to work with because they make those more pliable. |
| 0:25.5 | The amount of fat in the butter also makes a difference. |
| 0:28.9 | Tell me more. |
| 0:29.9 | Okay, so most American butters contain around 80% butterfat, but European-style butters like |
| 0:36.8 | Plougras have a higher fat content. |
| 0:39.9 | In fact, Ploura premium European style butter |
| 0:42.8 | always contains 82% butterfat. |
| 0:46.6 | And you're saying 2% is enough to make a noticeable difference? |
| 0:50.1 | Oh yeah, definitely. |
| 0:51.8 | With Plugra slow-turn turned butter and it's 82% butterfat content, |
| 0:56.3 | you'll notice richer, flakier pastries, cakes that rise higher, and cookies that |
| 1:01.7 | crisp more easily. |
| 1:03.0 | Embrace your inner butter lover. |
| 1:06.0 | From professional kitchens to your home. |
| 1:08.0 | Visit Plougra.com for more information. |
| 1:19.0 | A mild content warning for our misophonia friends. We have some slurping and spitting throughout this episode, |
| 1:22.0 | but not a whole lot. |
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