Beurre manié a finishing step for sauces, imparting a smooth, shiny texture prior to service. Beurre manié Beurre manié (French "kneaded butter") is a dough, consisting of equal parts of soft butter and flour, used to thicken soups and sauces. By kneading the flour and butter together, the flour particles are coated in butter. When the beurre manié is whisked into a hot or warm liquid, the butter melts, releasing the flour particles without creating lumps. Beurre manié should not be confused with roux, which is also a thickener made of equal parts of sometimes clarified butter or many other oils and
Flour imported from Japan and the Japanese name Zenryufun(全粒粉) is used. It is possible to determine ash content from some US manufacturers. However, US measurements are based on wheat with a 14% moisture content. Thus, a US flour with 0.48% ash would approximate a French Type 55. Other measurable properties of flour as used in baking can be determined using a variety of specialized instruments, such as the farinograph. Flour dust suspended in air is explosive—as is any mixture of a finely powdered flammable substance with air ("see" dust explosion). Some devastating explosions have occurred at flour mills, including an explosion