Best Clarified Butter Ghee Recipes

INDIAN CLARIFIED BUTTER (GHEE)

Steps:

• Bring butter to a boil in a 1- to 1 1/2-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat. Once foam completely covers butter, reduce heat to very low. Continue to cook butter, stirring occasionally, until a thin crust begins to form on surface and milky white solids fall to bottom of pan, about 8 minutes. Continue to cook butter, watching constantly and stirring occasionally to prevent burning, until solids turn light brown and butter deepens to golden and becomes translucent and fragrant, 16 to 18 minutes.
• Remove ghee from heat and pour through a sieve lined with a triple layer of cheesecloth into a jar.

GHEE (INDIAN CLARIFIED BUTTER)

Steps:

• Line a sieve with 3 layers of cheesecloth and set over a jar.
• Bring butter to a boil in a small heavy saucepan over medium heat. Once foam completely covers butter, reduce heat to very low and continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until a thin crust begins to form on surface and milky white solids fall to bottom of pan, about 8 minutes. Continue to cook butter, watching closely and stirring occasionally to prevent burning, until milk solids on bottom of pan are light brown and liquid is golden, translucent, and fragrant, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and strain through cheesecloth-lined sieve into jar.

CLARIFIED BUTTER OR "GHEE"

Steps:

• set saucepan on stove on medium-low setting.
• put butter in pan.
• once butter is melted, turn setting up to medium.
• butter will crackle and bubble and foam and make a lovely smell for about 20 minutes.
• once foam begins to clear and smell becomes more"roasted", promptly take pan off stove.
• filter butter through a tea or coffee filter to remove impurities (little white bits-- foam may be removed as well, either way is okay).
• transfer ghee to jar, store at room temperature (up to one month) or in fridge (up to one year).

EFFORTLESS CLARIFIED BUTTER (AKA GHEE) IN THE OVEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F.
• The oven needs to be on low heat.
• Cut the butter into large chunks and put it into an oven proof dish.
• Something like a souffle dish will work, but just make sure that the bottom of the pan isn't too wide, or the butter will cook too quickly and you won't have time to get that nice roasted flavor.
• Put the butter into the oven for one hour.
• At that time, the impurities will have separated from the butter, but it probably won't have darkened in color to show that it has that roasted flavor.
• Keep checking the butter every 10 minutes until it darkens several shades.
• Remove the butter from the oven and let it cool for about 10 minutes, and then spoon off the impurities on the top of the butter.
• Pour the butter through a fine metal mesh strainer.
• Store the clarified butter, covered, in a cool dry place.

CLARIFIED BUTTER (GHEE)

Steps:

• Set up your straining station. Line a mesh strainer with an unbleached basket-type coffee filter and position it over a clean and dry pot (this pot will not be heated; you'll strain the finished product into this pot to cool until it has cooled enough to pour into the final air-tight storage container). Note: DO NOT stir the butter or swirl the pan at all during this process. The entire process will take approximately 45 minutes from the time the butter starts to melt. Place the butter in a 2-quart saucepan and set over medium heat. Once the butter has liquefied, decrease the heat to lowest setting then adjust to maintain a low boil (this can be accomplished by setting stove somewhere between gas mark 1 & 2). Attach a digital thermometer to the side of the pot and immerse it into the melted butter. When the temperature reaches 255 degrees F (124 degrees C), REMOVE THE BUTTER FROM THE HEAT and using a spoon, skim the white coagulated solids and foam off the top of the butter (do not stir, just skim) and discard. When you're done skimming, immediately strain the butter into another unheated pot (as it will continue to cook until you get it out of the heated pot), put the pot cover on and allow it to cool for 30 minutes. After the butter has cooled for 30 minutes, transfer the clarified butter to its final glass storage container and cover the container with a paper towel (to prevent airborne contamination); allow the clarified butter to cool on the countertop until it solidifies; once solidified, remove the paper towel and seal the container with its lid. The clarified butter can be stored at room temperature in a tightly covered container for up to six months. Be sure to use a CLEAN, DRY utensil when you scoop-out your clarified butter. Also, be sure to close the container lid as soon as possible after usage, to prevent airborne contaminants and moisture from getting into your clarified butter, both of which can promote spoilage of the clarified butter.