French butter from FINE & WILD, 125g oval block with cow imprint, churned in wooden barrels.

Beurre à la Baratte Salted

Name: Beurre à la Baratte Salted
Brand: BEILLEVAIRE
SKU: CRUBUTTER
Price: 3.90 GBP
Availability: OutOfStock

£3.90

Net: 125g Beillevaire, Machecoul — barrel-churned Salted with crunchy Noirmoutier sea salt crystals

Barrel-churned French butter from Beillevaire, salted with crunchy Noirmoutier sea salt crystals. Cultured cream, slow-churned in wooden barrels. Denser, richer and more complex than industrial butter. Eat on warm bread, finish a steak, or melt over vegetables.

Beurre à la Baratte — barrel-churned French butter from Beillevaire in Machecoul, Loire-Atlantique, salted with crunchy crystals of Noirmoutier sea salt. À la baratte means churned in a traditional wooden barrel rather than a continuous industrial churn. The difference is practical: wooden barrel churning is slower, works in smaller batches, and produces a butter with a denser, creamier texture and a more complex, cultured flavour than butter made at speed in stainless steel.

The cream is matured before churning — allowed to develop lactic cultures that give the butter a slight tang and a depth of flavour that goes beyond simple richness. The Noirmoutier sea salt is added in coarse crystals rather than dissolved, so it appears as visible crunchy specks throughout the butter — demi-sel croquant — giving occasional bursts of salinity against the smooth, rich cream. The colour is a natural pale gold, varying slightly with the season and the cows' diet.

This is a 125g block — a generous amount for the table but not so much that it goes off before you use it. Beillevaire butter has a shorter shelf life than industrial butter because the production method and the lack of heavy processing mean it is closer to fresh cream than to the shelf-stable blocks you find elsewhere. Use it within 2–3 weeks of receipt, or freeze it.

Origin: Machecoul, Loire-Atlantique, France

Ingredients: Cream (cow's milk), Noirmoutier sea salt.

Storage: Refrigerate. Use within 2–3 weeks. Freezes well — wrap tightly and freeze for longer storage without significant loss of quality.

Net: 125g

Allergens: Milk

Bring to room temperature before eating — 15–20 minutes on the worktop. Barrel-churned butter at room temperature is soft, spreadable and at its most flavourful. Straight from the fridge it is firm and the Noirmoutier salt crystals are less noticeable.

On bread: this is the primary use. Good bread, good butter, nothing else. Warm sourdough, a baguette, dark rye — the butter does the work. The salt crystals provide occasional crunchy contrast.

With radishes: a French classic. Fresh radishes, a smear of salted butter, a pinch of flaky salt if you want more. Simple and perfect.

For finishing: melt a knob over a resting steak, over steamed asparagus, over new potatoes, or over grilled fish. The cultured butter adds a richness and depth that plain butter does not.

In cooking: use for anything where butter is the dominant flavour — scrambled eggs, omelettes, pan sauces, finishing a risotto. The quality of the butter is directly audible in these preparations. For baking or frying at high heat, an everyday butter will do — save this one for eating and finishing.

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