How To Make Your Own Ghee
If you know the
health benefits of ghee , you know it is even healthier if you make your own. The quality of the butter is paramount, and with store-bought ghee you have no idea where the butter has come from. Ideally you want to use organic unsalted butter from grass-fed cows.
You'll need:
large quantity of unsalted butter (I purchase one kilo container from local farmer's market)
heavy bottomed pot or saucepan
glass jar for storage
a funnel
piece of muslin or cheesecloth
Method
Add butter to the pan on a low to medium heat and let is slowly melt down.
Allow the butter to come to a gentle boil, a foam will start to form on top, and the butter will start sputtering a little.
Lower the heat a little if the sputtering is going outside the pot, you just want it gently bubbling away.
You can leave it unattended at this point; as it cooks, white milk proteins will settle on the bottom of the pan, the liquid will become clear and the colour will slowly darken.
After 25 - 30 minutes the sputtering will stop and there will be no new foam rising to the top.
Skim the foam off the top and discard; check to see if the liquid is clear all the way to the bottom, and the milk proteins on the bottom of the pan have turned a golden brown colour - don't let them burn.
Turn the heat off and leave it to cool.
When the pot is cool enough to lift with your hands, pour the ghee through a funnel lined with muslin into a glass jar or container.
Leave as is until the ghee is completely cooled then pop the lid on - at this point the ghee will be a delicious golden honey or syrup colour.
Store in the pantry and in the morning the ghee will have set a vibrant yellow colour.
Tips
Ghee does not need refrigeration.
Ghee is a delicious substitute for butter or margarine as a spread, or adds a nutty richness to cooking - it has a high smoke temperature making it a safe oil to cook at high temperatures.
Ghee is not really suitable as a butter substitute in baking as the milk solids have been removed.
As the milk solids have been removed, ghee is usually tolerated well by those with a lactose intolerance.
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