Clarified Butter

Recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse, 2002

Show: Emeril LiveEpisode: Butter Is Better

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (3)

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COMMENTS & REVIEWS(3)

Cook Time:
5 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
about 1 1/2 cups

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Times:

Prep: 3 min
Inactive Prep: 5 min
Cook: 5 min
Total:: 13 min

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Ingredients

2 sticks (1/2 pound) unsalted butter, cut into pieces

Directions

Place the butter in a heavy saucepan and melt slowly over low heat. Remove the pan from the heat and let stand for 5 minutes.

Skim the foam from the top, and slowly pour into a container, discarding the milky solids in the bottom of pan.

What makes clarified butter so great is its higher smoke point. This means you can cook meats and fish at a higher temperature than you can with regular butter, making it ideal for pan-frying. By clarifying the butter during a slow cooking process, you're able to strain out the milk solids that burn quickly as well as the water and salt. You'll lose about 1/4 of your original butter amount during the process, and the clarified butter will keep, tightly covered in the refrigerator for about 1 month.

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recipe Clarified Butter
Anonymous 06-17-2007
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how to?
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

cooking father's day dinner & needed clarified butter for scallops & shrimp . i was pretty sure how to make but it is great... to have staple recipes available.Read more
recipe Clarified Butter
Tom Cabot, AR 10-16-2006
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Feel ignorant
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Very easy, was in the grocery store looking for it, but couldn't find it. Thanks for having the easy stuff for us dummies.
recipe Clarified Butter
CHEF waterloo, IL 02-24-2005
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butter good
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I've tried this and now cook all kinds of foods with clarified butter. Two big thumbs up! Chow!