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To Clarify Butter

Ingredients

Unsalted butter
  1. Cut butter into 1-inch pieces and melt in a heavy saucepan over low heat. Remove from heat and let stand 3 minutes. Skim froth and slowly pour butter into a measuring cup, leaving milky solids in bottom of pan. Discard milky solids.

Cooks' note:

1 stick (1/2 cup) of butter will yield 5 to 6 tablespoons of clarified butter.

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  • Be sure to use only unsalted butter. Salt lowers the heating point, so if you use salted butter, it will defeat the purpose of clarifying it.

    • Anonymous

    • Maryland

    • 6/29/2012

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