Cooking with Jonny69: Aberdeen butteries

Jonny69 · 12-09-2011, 11:25

Here's one for all you crash dieters: the Aberdeen buttery. The story goes that Scottish fishermen were fed up eating ships biscuits. They got a baker to come up with something else that would keep at sea but be a bit more palatable. The solution was the buttery, a bread dough with huge amounts of salt, butter and fat folded into it to make it keep

I'm always up for some artery-stretching food and these are guaranteed to shorten your life significantly, even if you only eat one. I adapted this recipe down to 300g of flour and didn't use the lard, so that she could eat them (veggie). It's essentially a conventional white bread dough, rolled out with butter spread over it, folded, then repeated until you have about the same amount of butter folded in as weight of flour. You get a golden brown buttery, crispy-edged, layered bread item like a manly version of a croissant. I prefer it to a croissant - absolutely delicious.

The 300g recipe made 6 quite large butteries which keep for about a week. They work better if you can wake them up again in the toaster or oven.

Eating is hard work. You need to be hungry and expect to feel a bit overloaded afterwards

Stan_Lite · 12-09-2011, 12:07

I love Butteries (aka Rowies). Will definitely give this recipe a try as they are tricky to find in South Shields for some odd reason. Nothing better than a hot Rowie with even more butter lathered on to it and melting all over your fingers (also very good with jam).

Jonny69 · 12-09-2011, 12:26

I knew you'd know what they were Stan

I'd never even heard of them until a few weeks ago. You can't get them down south

Tak · 12-09-2011, 12:47

They sounds lovely!

Stan_Lite · 12-09-2011, 14:38

They are very very scrumptious but very very naughty

Muban · 25-09-2011, 15:36

The ones you have made look lovely

However, coming from a family of Aberdonians, I've never heard them called butteries by anyone in Aberdeen

Rowies are amazing, especially if you have them the morning after a night before.

I like mine with either a good dark thick cut marmalade or more butter (because there isn't enough in them already!!). I have to say there is definitely a difference between rowies made in Aberdeen and butteries made elsewhere. Still they're all good. I'm not going to have to do a rowie/buttery postal service am I?

lostkat · 25-09-2011, 17:12

Oh yum, they look fantastic!

12-09-2011, 11:25	#1
Jonny69 Noob Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Socialist Republik of Kent Posts: 5,032	Cooking with Jonny69: Aberdeen butteries Here's one for all you crash dieters: the Aberdeen buttery. The story goes that Scottish fishermen were fed up eating ships biscuits. They got a baker to come up with something else that would keep at sea but be a bit more palatable. The solution was the buttery, a bread dough with huge amounts of salt, butter and fat folded into it to make it keep I'm always up for some artery-stretching food and these are guaranteed to shorten your life significantly, even if you only eat one. I adapted this recipe down to 300g of flour and didn't use the lard, so that she could eat them (veggie). It's essentially a conventional white bread dough, rolled out with butter spread over it, folded, then repeated until you have about the same amount of butter folded in as weight of flour. You get a golden brown buttery, crispy-edged, layered bread item like a manly version of a croissant. I prefer it to a croissant - absolutely delicious. The 300g recipe made 6 quite large butteries which keep for about a week. They work better if you can wake them up again in the toaster or oven. Eating is hard work. You need to be hungry and expect to feel a bit overloaded afterwards __________________

12-09-2011, 12:07	#2
Stan_Lite Stan, Stan the FLASHER MAN! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In bed with your sister Posts: 5,483	I love Butteries (aka Rowies). Will definitely give this recipe a try as they are tricky to find in South Shields for some odd reason. Nothing better than a hot Rowie with even more butter lathered on to it and melting all over your fingers (also very good with jam). __________________ Just because I have a short attention span doesn't mean I...

12-09-2011, 12:26	#3
Jonny69 Noob Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Socialist Republik of Kent Posts: 5,032	I knew you'd know what they were Stan I'd never even heard of them until a few weeks ago. You can't get them down south __________________

12-09-2011, 12:47	#4
Tak L'Oréal Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Portsmouth Posts: 9,977	They sounds lovely! __________________ The look on your face when a toddler rips out your heart and shows it to you? Priceless.... For everything else, there's FWOOSH!

12-09-2011, 14:38	#5
Stan_Lite Stan, Stan the FLASHER MAN! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In bed with your sister Posts: 5,483	They are very very scrumptious but very very naughty __________________ Just because I have a short attention span doesn't mean I...

25-09-2011, 15:36	#6
Muban Shoes, Boobs & Corsets Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The fastest town in Scotland Posts: 1,882	The ones you have made look lovely However, coming from a family of Aberdonians, I've never heard them called butteries by anyone in Aberdeen Rowies are amazing, especially if you have them the morning after a night before. I like mine with either a good dark thick cut marmalade or more butter (because there isn't enough in them already!!). I have to say there is definitely a difference between rowies made in Aberdeen and butteries made elsewhere. Still they're all good. I'm not going to have to do a rowie/buttery postal service am I? __________________ well, not to put a too fine point to it, he was discovered.. in the lounge

25-09-2011, 17:12	#7
lostkat Good Cat Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,550	Oh yum, they look fantastic! __________________ Oooooh Cecil, what have you done?