Roger. There is no “recipe” for ghee in Indian-ish, just a little guidance: “Melt a stick of butter, turn off the heat, skim the white stuff off the top, and you’ll be left with clear ghee.” Since I had many recipes in Indian-ish flagged, I made a pound of ghee. Advised by a friend, I strained the nutty, clarified butter through cheesecloth, and it worked like a charm.
How Does Ghee Differ from Clarified Butter?
The process of clarifying butter removes water (through evaporation) and milk solids (through skimming or straining). Ghee is clarified butter taken one step further, until the milk solids turn brown, leaving behind nutty, toasty liquid gold.
Why Use Ghee? And Why Has Ghee Become A Darling of the Wellness World?
Cooks/chefs love cooking with clarified butter because, without those milk solids in the mix, the butter has a higher smoke point, which allows it to be used at higher temperatures without burning. Ghee has the added bonus of imparting nutty, toasty flavors to the food it is cooking. Ghee is loved by the wellness world because many people with dairy sensitivities don’t have to give it up — when the milk solids are removed from the butter, so are most of the problematic lactose sugars and casein proteins. Woohoo! Go Ghee! How To Make Ghee: In a medium saucepan over medium to medium-high heat, melt as much butter as you like. Within five minutes, you will see a brown rim around the top of the bubbling butter. It should begin smelling slightly nutty. This is a sign it’s just about done. Strain the ghee through a cheesecloth.
These are butter solids left behind. Ta-da! Ghee. Ghee, cooled to room temperature. No reviews As I researched how to make it, I came across many recipes that call for simmering the butter slowly for 15 to 20 minutes, skimming off the white solids from the top, then cooking the fat that remains till it becomes toasty. This no-doubt is the proper way to do it, but I’ve found cooking the butter over medium to medium-high heat for about 5 minutes achieves the same end point: slightly toasted clarified butter.
