How to Make Homemade Ghee and Clarified Butter

Name: How to Make Homemade Ghee and Clarified Butter
Prep time: 3 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 13 min
Yield: 220
Ingredients: 250 g unsalted butter

Learn how to transform ordinary unsalted butter into liquid gold with this simple guide to making ghee and clarified butter. Perfect for high-heat cooking, these pantry staples offer a rich, nutty flavor and a significantly higher smoke point than regular butter.

Servings220 Portions

Prep Time3 Mins

Cook Time10 Mins

Difficulty

Easy

Ingredients

220

unsalted butter
250 g

Step-by-Step Instructions

Select a medium saucepan or skillet with a light-colored or silver base. This makes it much easier to monitor the color of the milk solids as they settle and brown.

Add the unsalted butter to the pan and melt it slowly over medium-low heat.

Allow the butter to simmer gently for about 10 minutes. You will notice it starts to foam around the 5-minute mark. By 7 minutes, the foam will begin to dissipate, and by the end of the process, the liquid should be mostly clear.

The ghee is finished when the milk solids at the bottom of the pan turn a deep golden brown and the liquid smells nutty.

Line a fine-mesh colander or strainer with a single sheet of paper towel or cheesecloth. Carefully strain the liquid through it to remove all the toasted milk solids.

Pour the golden liquid into a clean glass jar for storage. Ghee will stay fresh in the pantry for up to 3 months (where it will firm to a spreadable consistency) or in the fridge for up to 1 year.