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How to Make Ghee (Paleo)

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Ingredients

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  • 1 lb. unsalted organic butter
  • 1 lb. salted organic butter (traditional recipes use unsalted, but I prefer a mixture)
  • 1 large pot
  • fine sieve
  • cheesecloth
  • glass or stainless steel container with pour spout
  • small container with lid to store ghee
  • cooking thermometer

Instructions

  1. Put butter into large pot and place on the burner, turning heat to medium-low. The butter will melt and a white froth will rise to the top. Skim it off.
  2. The butter will go through a stage of large bubbles and popping (keep kids out of the kitchen when making ghee) and then, the bubbles will get really small. This is a sign that you are almost done.
  3. Once the butter comes to 225F, take the pot off the heat. Allow ghee to rest 20 minutes.
  4. Meanwhile, place the sieve into the container with a pour spout. Line the sieve with a double thickness of cheesecloth.
  5. Once 20 minutes is up, carefully pour the ghee through the sieve, allowing any remaining froth to be caught in the cheesecloth, but leaving solids that settled in the bottom of the pot. Discard solids.
  6. Allow ghee to cool further, then pour into clean, dry, glass container with lid.
  7. Do not place lid on container until ghee is fully cooled.
  8. Ghee will keep for a long time in a closed container at room temperature as long as utensils used to remove the ghee are always clean and no drops of water get into the container, as that will introduce bacteria.

Find it online: https://mybigfatgrainfreelife.com/2011/08/ghee.html