Oils
Spiced Butter
ንጥር ቅቤ
Eritrea
Ethiopia's sacred spiced clarified butter. Slow-simmered with besobela, koseret, korarima, garlic, ginger and warm spices, then strained until liquid gold. The single ingredient that makes Ethiopian food taste Ethiopian.
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What it is
A closer look at Spiced Butter.
Ethiopia's sacred spiced clarified butter. Slow-simmered with besobela, koseret, korarima, garlic, ginger and warm spices, then strained until liquid gold. The single ingredient that makes Ethiopian food taste Ethiopian.
What to look for
Know it when you find it.
A golden, fragrant clarified butter with visible specks of spice; solid at room temperature, melts into a clear gold liquid; intensely aromatic.
Where it belongs
Origins and
traditions.
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