For those who’ve taken a peek at Dansk’s Købenstyle line, you’re in all probability already conversant in the butter hotter—the tiny (we’re speaking 0.59-quart capability), surprisingly versatile pot that not often leaves our stovetops.

Designed by Jens Quistgaard in 1956, this butter hotter was made for, properly, warming butter. Suppose: melting butter to pour on popcorn, or browning butter for chocolate chip cookies. But it surely’s good for rather more than that. Listed here are seven of our favourite methods to make use of this helpful piece of cookware—none of which need to do with butter.

1. Warming milk for espresso

I like including a little bit of milk to my espresso, however I get annoyed at how briskly it cools down the contents of my cup. The butter hotter is the perfect measurement for heating up somewhat little bit of milk whereas my espresso brews.

2. Fruit Compote

Possibly you’ve got acquired extra berries than you want on your fruit pie or cobbler—flip it right into a compote to spoon on the facet, over ice cream or on high of pancakes. Reasonably than pull out a big pan, the small butter hotter allows you to simmer a cup of berries, which is all you really want.

3. Stovetop garlic confit

A small pan like that is splendid for making one thing like garlic confit, whereby the cloves are lined fully in olive oil and cooked very, very slowly. Bonus: The smaller quantity of the pan interprets to needing much less oil to get the job completed.

4. Tempering spices

Tempering spices in oil (or ghee) is a technique to improve their flavors whereas additionally making a deeply infused oil, and I’ve discovered that my butter hotter is the proper measurement for the duty. When drizzled on high of a dish, this sizzled, spiced combination—additionally generally known as tadka or chhonk—provides crunch, richness, and a ton of taste.

5. Heating maple syrup

The quickest technique to smash a wonderfully good stack of pancakes is to douse it in chilly, straight-from-the-fridge maple syrup. Take the additional minute or two to heat the syrup up—you’ll thank your self later.

6. Single-serving sizzling chocolate

The Dansk butter hotter additionally simply so occurs to be the proper measurement for a single mug of sizzling chocolate. Do that cardamom-infused one, or this non-dairy model from Rebecca Firkser.

7. Easy syrup

For those who’re making cocktails for only a couple folks, you won’t wish to make a big amount of easy syrup. Or, possibly you’re experimenting with infusing your syrups with completely different flavors and aren’t able to decide to an entire batch of, say, rosemary- or lemon-infused easy syrup. In both case, this pot is simply the fitting measurement.

8. Serving sauces & condiments

Let’s not overlook that this butter hotter can be cute, with 10 colorways—together with two, new limited-edition colours—and an enthralling, picket deal with. Deliver it to the desk, and use it as a serving vessel for gravies, hollandaise, and even condiments like barbecue sauce.