Spreads (food)

thumb|Solid and melted butter Butter is a dairy product made from the fat and protein components of churned cream. It is a semi-solid emulsion at room temperature, consisting of approximately 81% butterfat. It is used at room temperature as a spread, melted as a condiment, and used as a fat in baking, sauce-making, pan frying, and other cooking procedures.

Margarine (, also , ) is a spread used for flavoring, baking, and cooking. It is most often used as a substitute for butter. Although originally made from animal fats, most margarine consumed today is made from vegetable oil. The spread was originally named oleomargarine from Latin for oleum (olive oil) and Greek margarite ("pearl", indicating luster). The name was later shortened to margarine, or sometimes oleo (particularly in the Deep South region of the United States).

Lard is a semi-solid white fat product obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of a pig. It is distinguished from tallow, a similar product derived from fat of cattle or sheep.

Nutella ( , , ; stylized in all lowercase) is a brand of sweetened hazelnut cocoa spread. Nutella is manufactured by the Italian company Ferrero and was introduced in 1964, although its first iteration dates to 1963.

Tahini (; , or, in Iraq, ) is a Middle Eastern condiment (a seed butter) made from ground sesame seeds. The most common variety comes from hulled seeds, but unhulled ones can also be used; the latter variety is slightly bitter, but more nutritious. The seeds are more commonly roasted than raw. Tahini can be served by itself (as a dip), made into a salad dressing, or used as a major ingredient in hummus, baba ghanoush, or halva.

French culinary dish

Pâté ( , , ) is a forcemeat. Originally, the dish was cooked in a pastry case and called pâté en croute; in more recent times it is more usually cooked without pastry in a terrine, and called or simply . Various ingredients are used, which may include meat from pork, poultry, fish or beef; fat; vegetables; herbs; spices; wine; and brandy.

Ajvar is a condiment made principally from sweet bell peppers and eggplants. The relish became a popular side dish throughout Yugoslavia after World War II and remains popular in Southeast Europe.

sweet confection

food that is spread, generally with a knife, onto food products such as bread and crackers

thick cream made by indirectly heating full-cream cow's milk

''''' () is a common Norwegian name for ' (; ; ; ; /), a family of soft cheese-related foods made with whey, milk, and/or cream. The characteristic brown color and sweet taste result from milk sugars being caramelized after boiling. The term is often used to refer to ' or ' ('Gudbrandsdal cheese'), which are the most popular varieties.

sweet chocolate-flavored spread

A powidl (also porvidl, powidła, povidla, or powidel) is a plum butter, a type of fruit spread prepared from the prune plum, that is popular in Central Europe. Unlike jam or marmalade, and unlike the German Pflaumenmus (plum puree), powidl is prepared without additional sweeteners or gelling agents.

Tapenade (; ) is a Provençal name for a spread, condiment and culinary ingredient consisting of puréed or finely chopped olives, capers, and sometimes anchovies. The name comes from the Provençal word for capers, (). It is a popular food in the south of France, where it is generally eaten as an hors d'œuvre spread on bread, with fish, in salads, and sometimes used to stuff poultry for the main course.

Varenye is a popular whole-fruit preserve, widespread in Eastern Europe (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus), as well as the Baltic region. It is made by cooking berries, other fruits, or more rarely nuts, vegetables, or flowers, in sugar syrup. In some traditional recipes, other sweeteners such as honey or treacle are used instead of or in addition to sugar.

A confiture is any fruit jam, marmalade, paste, sweetmeat, or fruit stewed in thick syrup. Confit, the root of the word, comes from the French word confire, which literally means 'preserved'; a confit being any type of food that is cooked slowly over a long period of time as a method of preservation.

mixture of butter and chopped hard boiled eggs, eaten in Finland and Estonia

dessert spread and topping

pâté and meat spread popular in northern and eastern Europe

Rillettes (, also , ) is a preservation method similar to confit in which meat is seasoned, submerged in fat, and cooked slowly over the course of four to ten hours. The meat is shredded and packed into sterile containers covered in fat. Rillettes is traditionally made with goose or duck, and are commercially most commonly made with pork, but also made with other meats such as chicken, game birds, rabbit and sometimes with fish such as anchovies, tuna, pike or salmon. Rillettes are typically served at room temperature spread thickly on toasted bread.

Schmaltz (also spelled schmalz or shmalz) is rendered (clarified) chicken or goose fat. It is an integral part of traditional Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine, where it has been used for centuries in a wide array of dishes, such as chicken soup, latkes, matzah brei, chopped liver, matzah balls, fried chicken, and many others, as a cooking fat, spread, or flavor enhancer.

confectionery spread made from marshmallow

Zacuscă () is a vegetable spread popular in Romania and Moldova which originated from Romania. Similar spreads are found in other countries in the Balkan region, and bordering regions.

type of spread

Kartoffelkäse or in Austria usually Erdäpfelkäse (literally: potato cheese) is a spread from the regions of Bavaria and Austria. Its ingredients include potatoes, onions and sour cream.

type of American salad dressing

Birnenhonig () is a syrup made from pears in central Switzerland. In North America it is known as pear butter. It is very similar to the Belgian spread sirop de Liège.

spreadable food made by grinding nuts

Jewish dish

Amlu ( ; ), also spelled amlou, is a spread used in Moroccan cuisine. It consists of argan oil, almonds and honey. The almonds are toasted, which are then crushed and kneaded with honey and argan oil. Amlou is usually served for breakfast or afternoon tea with pancakes and pastries.

Fresh cream cheese

brand of processed cheese sauce from the United States

highly concentrated form of apple sauce produced by long, slow cooking of apples with cider or water to a point where the sugar in the apples caramelizes

term used in Spanish-speaking area of the world in reference to milk-based delicacies

Eurocrem (a shorthand for Eurocrem Takovo) is a brand of two-colored (brown and white) hazelnut- and cocoa-flavored sweet milk chocolate spread, produced by a Swisslion Group factory in Gornji Milanovac, Serbia, about south of Belgrade.

brand of margarine by Indonesia

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thumb| as a condiment on a crispbread with [[cottage cheese and dill.]] thumb|Tubes containing in Norway. '''''' ('sandwich caviar') is the Swedish word for a fish roe-based spread eaten in the Nordic countries and released in the 1950s. Despite its name, is not actual caviar, i.e. sturgeon roe. Instead, it is a paste made most often from cod roe and a variable mix of other ingredients. Whole roe is aged for up to two years in barrels in which the roe is layered with sugar, salt, and a sugar-salt brine, and turned regularly. After brining, it is smoked and then processed further. It is emulsif

Nocilla is a Spanish brand of hazelnut and chocolate spread similar to Nutella, sold in Spain and Portugal. It was first launched in the late 1960s, and after its acquisition from Unilever in 2002 was manufactured by Nutrexpa.

minced lard

hispanic American confection made with guava pulp and panela

thumb|right|alt=A yellow tube of primost with mountains and a field drawn on it.|A tube of primost (messmör) Primost, messmör, or prime cheese is a Swedish cheese made from cow's milk. It is slightly brown and has a soft spreadable texture. Cream is added towards the end of the process. The semi-sweet taste is derived from caramelizing the milk sugars of the whey as it is made.

Remonce is a cake-filling paste used in various traditional Danish pastries. It is made by creaming softened butter with sugar, and is sometimes flavoured with cinnamon (e.g. in cinnamon snails), cardamom, custard, marzipan, or almond paste. Remonce is always baked along with the pastry.

Salça ("salcha") () is a category of thick, deep red paste made from peppers or tomato and salt, originating in Turkey.

soft, spreadable, cheese product

salad based on eggplant

preserve of apples that is part of the cuisine and culture of Jersey.

brand of margarine

In Quebec cuisine, ' (sometimes gorton or corton', especially among New Englanders of French-Canadian origin) is a forcemeat-style pork spread containing onions and spices. Its fatty texture and taste make it resemble French rillettes. Cretons are usually served on toast as part of a traditional Quebec breakfast. It is not to be confused with "fromage de tête" (tête fromagée in Quebec), known in English as head cheese.

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creamy brown spread made from speculoos

Andalusian cooking ingredient and dish

Nudossi () is a brand of sweetened hazelnut cocoa spread manufactured by the Saxon and Dresdner baking and confectionery GmbH & Co. KG, formerly known as Vadossi. In its plastic container with a red lid, Nudossi is the manufacturer's best-known product. Well known as a product during the German Democratic Republic (GDR), it was often compared to Nutella which had been widely available outside the Communist bloc since 1965. In 1972, the company was nationalized and production was discontinued after German reunification, as demand initially dropped.