What is clarified butter

FERRANTE said:

Cooking shows on TV often refer to "clarified butter." What exactly is it and how does it differ,
beneficially, from plain butter?

Thanks in advance for your explanation(s). Mark Ferrante

Hi Mark,

If you take some butter and heat it to melting, you will soon see some solids sinking to the bottom.

The liquid above those solids is called clarified butter, and it can easily be poured off.

Its main advantage is that it can withstand significantly higher temperatures than can
whole butter...

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FERRANTE said:

Cooking shows on TV often refer to "clarified butter." What exactly is it and how does it differ,
beneficially, from plain butter?

Thanks in advance for your explanation(s). Mark Ferrante

Hi Mark,

If you take some butter and heat it to melting, you will soon see some solids sinking to
the bottom.

The liquid above those solids is called clarified butter, and it can easily be poured off.

Its main advantage is that it can withstand significantly higher temperatures than can whole
butter...

HTH,

Yes,

But you may as well use regular cooking oil, as it has about as much flavor. ;-P

K. (not a fan of clarified butter (aka Ghee) )

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Katra said:

But you may as well use regular cooking oil, as it has about as much flavor. ;-P

IMO, fat that comes from an animal is far superior to anything from a lowly vegetable.

:-)

"Everything goes better with lard." (tm)

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Katra said:

But you may as well use regular cooking oil, as it has about as much flavor. ;-P

IMO, fat that comes from an animal is far superior to anything from a lowly vegetable.

:-)

"Everything goes better with lard." (tm)

-sw

Cannot argue with that, but I'd use pure butter before I'd use clarified butter...

That stuff (clarified butter ir Ghee) is just nasty IMHO!

YMMV.

K.

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Katra said:

But you may as well use regular cooking oil, as it has about as much flavor. ;-P

IMO, fat that comes from an animal is far superior to anything from a lowly vegetable.

:-)

"Everything goes better with lard." (tm)

-sw

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But you may as well use regular cooking oil, as it has about as much flavor. ;-P

IMO, fat that comes from an animal is far superior to anything from a lowly vegetable.

:-)

"Everything goes better with lard." (tm)

-sw

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Yes,

But you may as well use regular cooking oil, as it has about as much flavor. ;-P

You likely have poorly functioning taste buds.

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K. (not a fan of clarified butter (aka Ghee) )

You are incorrect. Clarified butter and ghee are not the same thing.

Charlie

Charles Gifford said:

You are incorrect. Clarified butter and ghee are not the same thing.

Howdy,

I always though they were...

What, then, is ghee...?

Thanks,

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Yes,

But you may as well use regular cooking oil, as it has about as much flavor. ;-P

You likely have poorly functioning taste buds.

Maybe in YOUR world!

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K. (not a fan of clarified butter (aka Ghee) )

You are incorrect. Clarified butter and ghee are not the same thing.

Charlie

And What are you smoking???

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Charles Gifford said:

You are incorrect. Clarified butter and ghee are not the same thing.

Howdy,

I always though they were...

What, then, is ghee...?

Thanks,

Clarified butter and Ghee, while very similar, are different.

Here is a link on clarified butter:

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Yes,

But you may as well use regular cooking oil, as it has about as much flavor. ;-P

You likely have poorly functioning taste buds.

Maybe in YOUR world!

Where else would I be?

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K. (not a fan of clarified butter (aka Ghee) )

You are incorrect. Clarified butter and ghee are not the same thing.

Charlie

And What are you smoking???

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Cannot argue with that, but I'd use pure butter before I'd use clarified butter...

That stuff (clarified butter ir Ghee) is just nasty IMHO!

Clarified butter is _much_ better for frying with than ordinary butter -- the milk solids in butter
burn at a relatively low temperature. 🙁

Miche

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Cannot argue with that, but I'd use pure butter before I'd use clarified butter...

That stuff (clarified butter ir Ghee) is just nasty IMHO!

Clarified butter is _much_ better for frying with than ordinary butter -- the milk solids in
butter burn at a relatively low temperature. 🙁

Miche

Depends on what you are cooking and how quickly you mix it... I'll cook seafood fairly hot and fast,
and sorry to disagree, but I find the milk solids are what give it the flavor!!! Clarified butter,
to me at least, has no more flavor than corn oil!!!

I'd use olive oil before Clarified butter (and usually do) as it gives more flavor IMHO.

Ymmv. :-)

K.

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When butter is melted an dheated slowly- the milk solids burn off- and you
are left with Clarified Butter or the INDIAN GHEE. A single spoon in rice
can make wonders to the taste. Ghee works great in softening "HOT DISHES"
using red Chillies. Ghee helps the digestion process in small quantities. In
large quantities- it clogs the arteries.
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Cannot argue with that, but I'd use pure butter before I'd use clarified butter...

That stuff (clarified butter ir Ghee) is just nasty IMHO!

Clarified butter is _much_ better for frying with than ordinary butter -- the milk solids in
butter burn at a relatively low temperature. 🙁

Miche

Depends on what you are cooking and how quickly you mix it... I'll cook seafood fairly hot and
fast, and sorry to disagree, but I find the milk solids are what give it the flavor!!! Clarified
butter, to me at least, has no more flavor than corn oil!!!

I'd use olive oil before Clarified butter (and usually do) as it gives more flavor IMHO.

Ymmv. :-)

K.

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