Clarified Butter

By cirql8or

Keeps (covered and chilled)indefinitely. When clarified, butter loses about 1/4 its oringinal volume.

Ingredients

• Unsalted butter cut into 1 inch pieces
• Cheesecloth

Preparation

Step 1

In a heavy sauce pan melt butter over low heat. Remove pan from heat and let stand 3 mins. Skim froth and strain butter through a sieve lined with a double thickness of rinsed and squeezed cheesecloth into a bowl, leaving milky solids in bottom of pan. Pour clarified butter into a jar or crock. Cover and chill.