Ghee

Slow Cooker Flavored Ghee

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With minimal preparation time and easily available ingredients, making your own ghee is a great way to save money while eating healthy.

Ingredients:

  • 1 lb unsalted butter
  • 8 peeled and smashed cloves of garlic (or) 6 dried hot chili peppers (or) 2 6″ sprigs of fresh rosemary, washed and dried

Instructions:

Place your butter in your slow cooker. Add your ingredient of choice. Set the slow cooker to low and cook for 8 hours. Line a kitchen sieve with a double layer of muslin or a layer of cheesecloth and strain out the clumps in the ghee. Pour the ghee into sterile jars, cover, and allow to set. Store in a cool dark place up to 6 months.

Note: For unflavored ghee, simply omit the additional ingredients.

Author: Goodie Godmother

Flavored Ghee

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In the process of clarifying butter, (Simple Recipe For Making Ghee), you can add all sorts of herbs and spices to infuse their aroma and color and give the resulting ghee a delicious taste that will give the food you prepare an even more delicious taste. When making flavored ghee, it’s better to clarify the butter with the boiling method so the herbs or spices have a chance to infuse all their taste. Add your favorite combination of herbs and spices right about when the butter is melted and leave them until the very end of the process.

Here are some popular examples (the quantities are for a pound of butter):

  • Garlic ghee: 6-7 crushed or minced garlic cloves.
  • Cardamom ghee: 6-7 crushed cardamom pods.
  • Mint-Jalapeño ghee: 1/2 cup mint leaves and 1 large, chopped jalapeño.
  • Rosemary-thyme ghee: 6 sprigs each of rosemary and thyme.
  • Ginger ghee: 2 tbsp fresh minced ginger.

Source: Paleo Leap

Simple Recipe For Ghee

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Ever used ghee? It is the best of both worlds. It has the benefits of butter without the casein and proteins that some people react to in butter.

What is Ghee?

Ghee is a traditional food that was considered sacred in some cultures. It is a form of clarified butter, made by separating the milk proteins from the pure healthy fats, creating a flavorful and delicious fat for cooking or on vegetables. In technical terms, Ghee is a clarified, unsalted butter with the milk proteins removed. It has a high smoke point, making it perfect for cooking, and an incredible flavor. Many people who cannot tolerate dairy can handle ghee and it is a revered food in Indian cuisine.

The Benefits of Ghee

Ghee is considered “liquid gold” and revered in Indian culture (and has been for centuries). When made from high quality butter, it is a great source of fat soluble vitamins like Vitamin K and is great for teeth, hair, skin and nails.

Ghee is like butter on crack. More intense flavor and more nutrients. A little bit goes a really long way and the flavor is great in many different recipes and dishes.

I like using ghee for stir fry in a wok since it has such a high smoke point and with wok cooking, only a tiny amount is needed. Ghee is also incredible on a baked sweet potato, in eggs or on steamed or roasted vegetables.

Ghee is expensive to buy but simple to make. Unlike butter, it does not need to be refrigerated (though I typically still store in the fridge) and it is great for traveling. If you’ve never tried it, I highly suggest making ghee and using it in your cooking.

How to Make Ghee:

Ingredients:

  • 16 ounces (1 pound) of butter- preferably unsalted, organic and grassfed

Equipment:

  • A medium size saucepan
  • A fine wire mesh strainer
  • Cheesecloth
  • A spoon
  • 16-ounce or larger measuring cup
  • Clean jar for storage

Instructions:

Cut the butter into cubes and place in the saucepan. Heat the butter over medium heat until completely melted. Reduce to a simmer. Cook for about 10-15 minutes (this will vary based on how hot your stove is). During this time, the butter will go through several stages. It will foam, then bubble, then seem to almost stop bubbling and then foam again. When the second foam occurs, the ghee is done. At this point, the melted butter should be bright gold in color and there should be reddish brown pieces of milk solids at the bottom of the pan.

Let cool slightly for 2-3 minutes and then slowly pour through the wire mesh strainer lined with several layers of cheesecloth. The small bits of milk protein are usually discarded, though a friend told me that her grandmother used to mix those with flour (or almond flour) and a small amount of honey to make a flavorful fudge-like treat.

Ghee will last up to a month at room temperature or even longer in the fridge. I typically store mine in the fridge, just to be safe.

Use as a cooking oil for stir fry, to top sweet potatoes, or melted on steamed/roasted vegetables. Ghee is much more flavorful than butter, so use sparingly!

Makes: 2 cups

Author: Wellness Mama

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