So you want to make Thomas Keller'skiller roast turkeyfor Thanksgiving? Smart, it's one the best turkey recipes we've come across and produces a bird that's juicy, flavorful, and perfectly golden brown. Or maybe you want topan-roast your pancakesto crispy golden perfection? One of the major keys to both of them is clarified butter: it removes the water content and milk solids in regular butter, which means that turkey skin won't burn and those pancakes will have a textural crunch around the edges.
Most recipes call for this process to be done in a saucepan on the stove top, adding yet another dirty dish that needs to be washed to that already formidable pile in your sink (if you wash as you go, good for you).
But there's an easier way to make the stuff, one that doesn't require any extra pots or pans. Enter, microwaved clarified butter.
Cut two sticks of good quality, unsalted butter into quarters. Put the butter in a glass measuring cup and place in the microwave on high heat for 2 minutes. Remove from microwave and let stand for 1 minute. Spoon the foamy layer off the top and discard. Slowly pour the golden-yellow liquid into a small bowl, making sure none of the milky liquid at the bottom of the measuring cup makes it in.
That's it. Now, if you'll excuse us, we've got a lot of turkey roasting and pancake making to get to.
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03:09:58 PM on
11/22/14
We got rid of our microwave and have no intention of replacing it. It would be nice if instructions included alternatives to using a specific appliance.