Brown butter with capers, lemon and parsley *is* the classical definition of brown butter. In French, it's called "Beurre noir." http://www.cooksinfo.com/brown-butter
Browned butter just by itself, as Burnt Offerings said, is called "Beurre noisette." www.cooksinfo.com/noisette-butter
Beurre noisette is a brown butter sauce, but I think you're referring to something more along the lines of a Meuniere sauce, although Amanda's definition is also correct.
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Browned butter just by itself, as Burnt Offerings said, is called "Beurre noisette." www.cooksinfo.com/noisette-butter