How to make your own Ghee
This easy how-to make your own ghee recipe is a fabulous way to have shelf-stable butter in your pantry! Follow this simple recipe to learn how!
What is Ghee?
Ghee is also known as clarified butter, some call it liquid gold! It is rich in beneficial fats. You can infuse it with herbs and spices such as Chives, Parsley, Garlic, Dill, turmeric, or ginger to give it a lift in flavor (not that it needs it).
Why should you make your own?
Making your own ghee is a great way to preserve butter. You can’t pressure can plain butter because of the butterfat in it. This makes it unsafe to pressure can and keep as a shelf-stable fat. However, if you use this simple recipe you will soon have a healthy shelf-stable fat anytime!
The best way to keep the butter shelf stable is to clarify it. You do this by slowly simmering the milk solids out of the butter. It leaves behind just pure butterfat. This is then safe to keep on your pantry shelf for many years, many say indefinitely!
Making your own ghee can save you money
That’s right it can save you money, and we all love to save money right? If you keep an eye on butter specials, grab as many as you can (or store in the freezer) until you have enough to make a good size batch. I made 4 pounds worth or roughly 2kgs. This made me 2 liters of ghee.
To buy your own pre-made ghee would cost far more than making your own. Currently, I am able to buy butter at the warehouse for $4 a block. The total cost, therefore, was $16 to make 2 liters. Online to buy 2 liters of ghee would cost $32. I was able to make it for half the price!
Another reason is that I can place the finished ghee into the sizes of the jars that I wish to. Instead of opening a big 2-liter container. It gives me the freedom to just open a little at a time.
How easy is ghee to make?
Ghee is very easy to make. You don’t need special equipment, just a good heavy-bottomed pot, and the jars to put it into. I have made a YouTube video. Click on the link and it will show you how easy it is. Plus I show you a way to use it in a delicious quick leftover potato breakfast recipe.
Is Ghee dairy-free?
The short answer is yes! During the cooking process, the buttermilk solids are cooked out and then strained off. Leaving just the butterfat, however, use it with caution if you do have an allergy to dairy, encase some of the milk solids remain. Consult with your health practitioner before using if you are concerned at all.
Ways of using your Ghee
- Frying
- Salute
- Flavoring sauces e.g butter chicken
- Putting over steamed vegetables
- Roasting
- It can be used in place of butter for baking
- High heat cooking
- GF baking
- Popcorn topping
- For your mashed vegetables
- Cooking your grains in
- Beauty care
- Dairy-free cooking