Churned butter with yuzu

Bordier Churned Butter with Yuzu from Brittany

Bordier Churned Butter with Yuzu is a salted yuzu butter from Brittany containing two percent of the East Asian citrus fruit. Its aroma lies between mandarin, grapefruit, and lime and carries through the entire dish.

Churned Butter with Yuzu is the most striking yuzu butter in the Maison Bordier range, and the variety that sounds least like butter but tastes most like it. 2 percent yuzu is enough because the fruit's aroma is extraordinarily long-lasting.

French butter meets Asian citrus fruit

As soon as the paper is opened, the butter smells of grapefruit zest—bright and distinct.

On warm rice or fried fish, it tastes of citrus—tart and bright—with a fine bitterness that an orange would never have. The taste is savory, fresh, and robust. Those trying yuzu for the first time will quickly realize it has its own place among citrus fruits.

On fish and on jam-covered bread

The fruit pulls in two directions, which is why this butter works for both savory and sweet applications.

With fried fish, scallops, or a clear broth, it adds a citrus note that lingers longer than a squeeze of lemon. Over hot rice or steamed vegetables, it melts into a quick seasoning that needs no other ingredients. Even a clear soup gains a bright citrus tone from it.

The yuzu butter prefers to work in residual heat. If it is put into a hot pan, the citrus aroma evaporates within 2 minutes, whereas it stays for minutes on a finished plate. A 10-gram piece is enough for two portions of fish.

The second direction is surprising: on breakfast toast under strawberry jam, sweetness suddenly turns into an interplay, as the bitterness of the yuzu balances the sugar. It is worth trying on fresh bread and pastries, and if you prefer something more straightforward, go for the butter with lemon.

Why two percent yuzu is enough

Yuzu is an ancient hybrid of wild mandarin and lemon that grows in Japan, Korea, and Central China.

The fruit looks like a small, bumpy grapefruit and contains so little juice that almost only the zest is used in Japan. That is exactly where the aroma is located, which the butter absorbs, and that is why 2 percent is enough for a scent that defines the entire bar.

The butter underneath is kneaded by hand like every other variety. Only the salt is slightly more restrained at 2 percent, allowing the fruit space. The 125g comes to you as a hand-shaped piece, alongside the entire range of Bordier butter.

If you are not yet familiar with the fruit, this butter is the most convenient introduction, as it provides the aroma in a spreadable form.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Bordier butter is a fresh product; we can only ship it chilled via express delivery within 24-48 hours. Therefore, orders containing this product always incur increased shipping costs.

The butter is quite soft, even when shipped chilled. Sometimes the paper it is wrapped in may get damp. Bordier is aware of this, and the packaging has been intentionally left unchanged.

SHELF LIFE: The butter has a shelf life of 10 - 14 days.