Dairy
Plugrá Style
Plugrá-style butter refers to high-fat European-style American pastry butter—82%+ fat, pliable, designed for lamination and professional baking. Use for croissants and pie crusts. Keep cold for layers. The style name denotes fat/process targets more than a single farm origin.
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Characteristics
Preparations
BakedLaminated
Traits
High FatPastryPliable
Grading systems
Grades are placed along a shared scale so systems can be compared side by side.
Grade B
Grade A
Grade AA
History
US
Plugrá popularised high-fat European-style butter for US bakers.
Plugrá-style became shorthand for pastry butter performance.