Clarified Butter How To Clarify Butter Food

CLARIFIED BUTTER

Steps:

• 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. Cook for approximately 45 minutes or until the butter reaches 260 degrees F, is clear, and the foam on top is slightly browned. Strain the clarified butter through 4 layers of cheesecloth set into a hand strainer into a heatproof vessel. Cool completely before refrigerating in an airtight container for up to six months. Can be frozen for up to a year.

CLARIFIED BUTTER (HOW TO CLARIFY BUTTER)

Steps:

• Cut the butter into 1-inch pieces.
• Heat the butter over low heat in a copper bottomed saucepan.
• When butter has melted, remove it from the heat and let stand for 4 minutes.
• Careful not to disturb the layers of melted butter, pour all of it through two layers of cheesecloth; discard the solids and froth that are left on the cloth.
• The remaining butter is clarified!
• Keep chilled until use; clarified butter can be stored in the refrigerator, staying chilled in an airtight container, for up to a month.

CLARIFIED BUTTER

Steps:

• In a small heavy saucepan, melt butter over low heat. Simmer until solids separate from fat, about 10 minutes, but do not allow butter to brown. Remove from heat; skim and discard surface foam., Slowly pour clear yellow liquid through a fine-mesh strainer into a bowl. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 months or in the freezer for up to 6 months.