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How to make clarified butter
Clarified butter is regular butter taken one clever step further - melted gently so the milk solids and water separate out, leaving pure, golden butterfat that tastes richer, lasts longer, and handles high heat like a dream. Great to know how to make it because it’s one of those cooking-essential skills that gives you better flavour, better control, and instantly elevates so many dishes!YIELDS 80%, so you can scale this up/down as needed. I'm using a standard Australian butter block (250g).
⏱️ Prep & Cook: 9 min⏳ Prep: 3 min🔥 Cook: 1 min👤 Nagi📖 recipetineats
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●saucepan
- ●microwave
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Gently melt - Place butter in a jug and microwave in increments until melted (1 - 1½ minutes on high, but watch it carefully so it doesn't explode!). You could also do this in a saucepan, then pour it into a clear jug.
2
Stand for a couple of minutes until the milky whites settle at the bottom (this is the milk solids) and clarified butter (golden part) sits above it. Scrape off and discard any foamy scum.
3
Pour off the golden clarified butter, taking care to avoid the milky whites remaining. You should get an 80% yield - 250g butter = 195g clarified 2 US sticks (1 cup) = just over 3/4 cup.
4
Use per recipe or keep for later. It will solidify like regular butter and can be re-melted.
Nutrition Facts
calories
1362 kcal
fat Content
154 g
serving Size
1 serving
sugar Content
0.1 g
sodium Content
21 mg
protein Content
2 g
trans Fat Content
6 g
cholesterol Content
409 mg
carbohydrate Content
0.1 g
saturated Fat Content
98 g
unsaturated Fat Content
46 g
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