Clarified Butter from Butter

Clarified Butter from Butter

A homemade preparation for turning butter into traditional clarified ghee.

A kitchen preparation for turning butter into clarified animal ghee.

Like making ghee or clarified butter at home.

Ingredients

  • 1500 grams animal butter
  • ¼ cup wheat
  • if the butter is unsalted salt

Instructions

  1. Cut the butter and place it in a pot that is completely dry, with no trace of water.
  2. Place the pot over low heat, stirring continuously until the butter melts.
  3. Once the butter has melted, add the wheat to the pot and continue stirring over low heat.
  4. Leave the butter over low heat, stirring, until foam gathers on the surface, the bottom begins to show, and the butter becomes clear.
  5. Turn off the heat and leave the pot until the butter cools.
  6. Once the butter has cooled, strain the resulting ghee through a strainer into another bowl.
  7. Fill a suitable container with the strained ghee.

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