Clarified Butter

Ingredients

• Cheesecloth
• Large saucepan
• Glass bowl
• Fine mesh strainer
• Spoon

Directions

1. 1. Heat the unsalted butter in a heavy-duty saucepan over very low heat, until it’s melted. Let simmer gently until the foam rises to the top of the melted butter. The butter may splatter a bit, so be careful.
2. 2. Once the butter stops spluttering, and no more foam seems to be rising to the surface, remove from heat and skim off the foam with a spoon. (It can be saved and added to soups, bread doughs, polenta, pilaf, or a bowl of warm oatmeal.) Don’t worry about getting every last bit; you can remove the rest when straining it.
3. 3. Line a mesh strainer with a few layers of cheesecloth or gauze, and set the strainer over a heatproof container.
4. 4. Carefully pour the warm butter through the cheesecloth-lined strainer into the container, leaving behind any solids from the bottom of the pan.