ghee

[sonya123]

does anyone make this, interested in knowing how to make it? I just made a batch from scraps of butter after cleaning out the fridge( still good, but past its prime).
It's clarified butter used in Indian cooking and a great way to preserve butter without refrigeration. You just cook the butter until brown solids form on the bottom and foam on top. Then put it in a jar without getting too much of the brown solids in it, and scoop out the white foam from on top. I just put it in a canning jar and it stays good for a long time. So far I have always used it up before it goes bad. YOu can use it in any cooking, not just Indian. Gives the food a nice flavor.

 

[joel]

This is what I use, but in truth, I render more bacan into lard.
https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/foo...capEfBo-b9-iwjZbp_Hiv0LAxmPORGngaAs52EALw_wcB

 

[d_marsh]

I don't make it, but I buy it. Ghee is an essential part of grilling and smoking meats in my opinion. Doesn't burn like butter but has all the flavor. I use it to coat pork ribs, loins and shoulders mid-cook, in the resting process for briskets and all over grilled steaks. Delicious and natural.

 

[Patchouli]

does anyone make this, interested in knowing how to make it? I just made a batch from scraps of butter after cleaning out the fridge( still good, but past its prime).
It's clarified butter used in Indian cooking and a great way to preserve butter without refrigeration. You just cook the butter until brown solids form on the bottom and foam on top. Then put it in a jar without getting too much of the brown solids in it, and scoop out the white foam from on top. I just put it in a canning jar and it stays good for a long time. So far I have always used it up before it goes bad. YOu can use it in any cooking, not just Indian. Gives the food a nice flavor.

But how do you use it? What do you do with it? It is in recipes or ingredients?
I guess I want to know what is it used for usually? I’ve never used it at home or made it.

 

[joel]

Use it like butter, it store longer, about a year, maybe two years.
Best to have a milk cow & make your own butter, but many people have no room or time for a cow.

 

[Pearl]

So Patch needs a cow!! That would also solve your mowing issue!!

 

[joel]

So Patch needs a cow!! That would also solve your mowing issue!!

Yes & I have a five acre pasture also. The Neighborhood would lose their mind.

 

[sonya123]

I don't make it, but I buy it. Ghee is an essential part of grilling and smoking meats in my opinion. Doesn't burn like butter but has all the flavor. I use it to coat pork ribs, loins and shoulders mid-cook, in the resting process for briskets and all over grilled steaks. Delicious and natural.

I have only seen that in Asian grocery stores, not available are regular ones around here
and that's a great idea to put it on grilled meats

 

[sonya123]

But how do you use it? What do you do with it? It is in recipes or ingredients?
I guess I want to know what is it used for usually? I’ve never used it at home or made it.

I use it mostly in Indian food, like lentil curry, any meat dishes, anything really
Its also really good in rice soup, I put in rice, chicken broth, cook it to mush, add some ghee , chopped green onions, and an egg

but you could use it anywhere instead of butter, one more thing, people that can't have dairy products can use this, since the lactose goes away

 

[sonya123]

Use it like butter, it store longer, about a year, maybe two years.
Best to have a milk cow & make your own butter, but many people have no room or time for a cow.

We used to get some cow milk from our friends down the road but they stopped being farmers and moved, so now I have to buy the butter , can't make butter from goat milk
I don't want a cow because they give just way too much milk for me to process, we had extra milk sometimes with 2 milk goats. A jersey cow gives a large bucket of milk every day
oh and cows are harder to milk than goats

 

[joel]

sonya123@, My Guernsey cow gave 2.5 in the morning & 2.5 in the evening for a total of 5 gallons per day, 35 gallons a week & about 150 gallons a month & we had three cows. one was a Jersey.
Do you make cheese? DW worked with a teacher known as the goat Lady, who made cheese & I Loved it.

 

[d_marsh]

I have only seen that in Asian grocery stores, not available are regular ones around here
and that's a great idea to put it on grilled meats

I buy it at Walmart, they have like 10 different brands of it.

 

[OldSchool]

Nice timing for this thread. I mean I’ve been wondering what to do with my leftover butter scraps, I have a few of them…

I buy butter sticks, real butter of course, and rather than put in a butter dish I just peal back the wrapper and melt the butter on toast or warmed bread and then rewrap and back in the fridge it goes.

Last time I bought I mistakenly got half sticks, leaving more leftovers.

 

[sonya123]

sonya123@, My Guernsey cow gave 2.5 in the morning & 2.5 in the evening for a total of 5 gallons per day, 35 gallons a week & about 150 gallons a month & we had three cows. one was a Jersey.
Do you make cheese? DW worked with a teacher known as the goat Lady, who made cheese & I Loved it.

I make cheese, but making cheese is time consuming and makes a lot of dirty dishes, can't imagine dealing with that much milk but our neighbors did too. They had 4 Jersey cows but did sell some of the milk , well "cow shares" since you can't legally sell it here
I don't know about cows, but I just milk the goat once a day
making butter is time consuming also

 

[sonya123]

I buy it at Walmart, they have like 10 different brands of it.

not here they don't but there is a lot of stuff they don't have at walmart here that we were able to buy there in Florida
LOL I am lucky to find olive oil here , not kidding

 

[d_marsh]

not here they don't but there is a lot of stuff they don't have at walmart here that we were able to buy there in Florida
LOL I am lucky to find olive oil here , not kidding

Is your Walmart in a log building with steers hooked to wagons instead of carts?

We have a wide variety of people with a wide variety of dietary needs.

 

[sonya123]

Is your Walmart in a log building with steers hooked to wagons instead of carts?

We have a wide variety of people with a wide variety of dietary needs.

I think it's just fairly small. They are not all the same size
maybe the one in the larger town an hour away might have it, but I can make my own just fine

 

[d_marsh]

I think it's just fairly small. They are not all the same size
maybe the one in the larger town an hour away might have it, but I can make my own just fine

The one I go to is so big you need a day pack to hike from one end to the other. People get lost in it. So that's probably it.

 

[Amish Heart]

Check the Aldi near you, Sonya, ours has it near the oil. I have 7 jars of it in storage, just checked.

 

[TexasCharm]

I LOVE ghee! I make it, too expensive to buy! When I find butter on sale, I just buy extra and put it in the freezer until I have enough to make it worth my while. Can it in half pint jars. Higher burn point. Can use like butter on toast. LOVE it on noodles or rice. And there isn't much better than the burnt solids that fall to the bottom of the pot when you're "cooking" the ghee... just something about those burnt solids!

 

[sonya123]

Check the Aldi near you, Sonya, ours has it near the oil. I have 7 jars of it in storage, just checked.

why do I need to buy it LOL, it's so easy to make ( and probably cheaper than buying it). I don't buy anything I can make myself generally, with the exception of dairy products when our goat is not being milked or stuff I can't make from goat milk like butter
I was just surprised that they sell it at a walmart. I can't even find things like jars of turmeric there ( so I go to the Asian store, which has ghee but it is like $8 a jar there) They have almost no "international" type foods at our walmart

 

[Tim Horton]

Walmart has about 10 different kinds..
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Um.. When I lived where there was a big population from India, there were lots of kinds and grades of Ghee.. This ranging from little more than melted butter to very fine, clear, yellow liquid.. We made and canned ..homemade.. and to get the very clear yellow liquid type there is more to the process than many expect.. It is worth the trouble as that level of product is the best and like said much cheaper than from the store..
My 5 cents of experience..

 

[Snowman]

https://www.walmart.com/browse/food...utterBrowseNup_ClarifiedButter_Rweb_2_15_2024

 

[AMC]

It goes harder and longer than butter too so a little less will still do a little more.

I make canna-ghee now and then, but clarified butter on it's own I also make. I haven't made it with good butter yet, I buy kerrigold. It's been years.

Makes the best pancakes too.

 

[d_marsh]

why do I need to buy it LOL, it's so easy to make ( and probably cheaper than buying it).

This chart should also include the laziness factor, which for me is right where time and money meet.