Beurre manié 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, but which is cooked before use. Beurre manié is also used as
Hadizatou Mani jail for six months but she was encouraged to appeal her case. After she used the courts to overturn her conviction she was given $20,000 in damages and later honored with the 2009 International Women of Courage Award and she was on Time Magazine's 2009 list of the world's 100 most influential people. Hadizatou Mani Hadizatou Mani (born 1984) is a human rights activist from Niger that fought to free herself from slavery in courts of law. Mani was born in 1984 in Niger. She had been sold into slavery at the age of twelve for 500 dollars. Slavery is