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How-To: Make Clarified Butter

Ingredients

  • Unsalted butter

Instructions

  1. Cut desired amount of butter into pieces and place in a heavy-bottomed saucepan over low heat.
  2. When the butter has melted, skim off the foam. Gently pour the clear, yellow liquid through a fine-mesh sieve, leaving the milk solids in the bottom of the pan.
  3. Here is how the butter will look: (I put mine into a glass measuring cup to demonstrate the layers- you can leave yours in the pan and then strain it right into a bowl.)
  4. Congratulations, now you know how to make Clarified Butter!