Ghee from butter

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 4 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make ghee from butter at home? Take good butter, preferably country butter or the highest fat content, usually 82.5%.

2. STEP 2

   

   Chop the butter into pieces and place them in a saucepan in which you will melt the butter.

3. STEP 3

   

   Pour some water into a larger pan, the exact amount depends on the volume and height of your pans. Place a pan with oil in it and put it on fire.

4. STEP 4

   

   When the water boils, reduce the heat and leave the water at a gentle simmer. The butter will gradually begin to melt.

5. STEP 5

   

   When all the butter has melted, a white foam will begin to form on its surface. Skim off the foam with a wooden spoon; it can be put into sauce or porridge or spread on bread. Boil the oil until it becomes clear, the whey has settled at the bottom, and new foam stops forming on top. Leave the oil for 2-3 hours at room temperature.

6. STEP 6

   

   Place gauze folded in several layers into a strainer and strain the oil very carefully.

7. STEP 7

   

   If some of the serum gets into the jar, it’s not a big deal. When the butter hardens, make a hole in it and drain the whey. Store ghee in a glass or ceramic container in a dark place. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Irinyshka

07.09.2023

4.9

I was treated to a large amount of homemade butter; there was no room in the freezer to store it, so I decided to melt some of it. I found a recipe for ghee from butter at home, put the oil in a water bath, collected the foam, when the oil became transparent, turned it off. The color of the ghee turned out to be bright yellow and beautiful. Strained through cheesecloth, I got two half-liter jars from 1 kg of oil. This oil is very convenient to store and use for adding to porridge (which I cook every morning for the children) or for greasing pancakes or frying potatoes 🙂It turned out that ghee has more beneficial properties than regular butter, this recipe made me very happy, thanks to the author.

Olga

07.09.2023

4.5

In Soviet times, in hospitals, kindergartens, porridge and soups were seasoned with melted butter. For a long time I couldn’t understand, and when I became a mother myself, kind people suggested. So now I sometimes do this too. Thank you