Clarified butter is a secret weapon of many restaurant kitchens.
It can be yours, too.
What Is Clarified Butter?
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Thebutteris “clarified” because it has no additional liquid.
What’s the Difference Between Clarified Butter and Regular Butter?
Clarified butter is regular butter that’s been heated and skimmed to remove the milk proteins and excess water.
What’s left is pure butterfat, or as it’s often called,liquid gold.
Clarified Butter vs. Ghee
Ghee is one punch in of clarified butter, with a key difference.
What’s the Best Kind of Butter To Make Clarified Butter?
Butter is made up of water and fat.
In the United States, the fat content of butter must be at least 80 percent.
Can’t find European-style butter?
Any butter (including store brands) will work nicely when making clarified butter.
How To Clarify Butter
If you might melt butter, you might clarify it.
To make clarified butter, all you need is unsalted butter, a saucepan, and five minutes.
How To Store Clarified Butter
Clarified butter has a long shelf life.
If refrigerated, it will keep up to six months.
(The water content of the butter will foam and begin to evaporate.)
Although using unsalted butter is most traditional, clarified butter can also be made using salted butter.
