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Truffle butter is a compound butter made with butter combined with other ingredients, including truffles or synthetic truffle flavorings such as 2,4-dithiapentane. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Lucy Lean Made in America: Our Best Chefs Reinvent Comfort Food 2011 Page 53
  2. "How to Use Truffle Butter". D'Artagnan. Retrieved 3 January 2016.