This version of clarified butter comes from The Model Bakery Cookbook (Chronicle, 2013). It is featured in their English Muffins, but feel free to use it anytime you need it for other recipes as well.
Butter is a great cooking medium with one major drawback—its milk solids burn easily. Clarifying the butter is an easy process that removes the milk solids. Leftover clarified butter can be used like oil for sautéing food. It keeps for a few weeks in a refrigerated covered container.
Clarified Butter
Author: Rick Rodgers
Makes: Makes about ¾ cup
Ingredients
- 1 lb/455 g unsalted butter, cut up
Instructions
- Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat until completely melted and boiling. Cook until the butter stops sputtering, about 1 minute. Remove from the heat and let stand for 5 minutes. Skim the foam from the surface of the butter.
- Line a wire sieve with dampened, wrung-out cheesecloth and place over a medium bowl. Carefully pour the clear, yellow melted butter through the sieve, leaving the milky residue behind in the saucepan. (Discard the residue.) Pour into a small container and cover. Refrigerate until ready to use.
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