How to Clarify Butter | Ghee Butter
User Reviews
4.9
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Prep Time
2 mins
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Cook Time
30 mins
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Total Time
32 mins
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Servings
1 container
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Cuisine
International
How to Clarify Butter | Ghee Butter
Description
To clarify butter, melt butter carefully either on the stovetop over low-medium heat or in a microwave at medium power. As the butter melts and heats, impurities and milk solids rise to the surface. Removing these periodically using a ladle helps clarify the butter.
After heating, the butter separates into layers: a golden clear top layer and a white milky sediment below. Carefully pouring off the top golden layer while leaving the solids behind yields clarified butter or ghee, which has a higher smoke point and longer shelf life than regular butter.
This clarified butter can be used immediately in cooking, sautéing, or baking, or stored in the refrigerator. It requires re-melting before reuse, and the removal of milk solids reduces the risk of burning in high-heat applications.
Ingredients
- 200 g butter
Instructions
- Place the butter in the pot or the microwave dish.
- Place the pot on the stove over low-medium heat and allow to cook for approx. 20 minutes, be careful not to burn it.
- Or place the dish in the microwave and heat on medium for about 10 minutes.
- As you are heating it, every few minutes skim the surface with a ladle and remove any impurities.
- Once you’ve finished heating it remove the pot or dish from the heat and allow the butter parts to separate and form individual levels, (see photo).
- Skim off any more impurities and then carefully pour off the top golden layer and discard the white bottom layer.
- The clarified butter can be used immediately or stored in the fridge (will require re-melting upon next use).
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