How to make clarified butter

Clarifying butter means separating its components to achieve a purer result without the milk proteins. Clarified butter is ideal for sauces like béarnaise or hollandaise, for cooking chicken or meat, for browning puff pastry, and much more. Follow this step-by-step guide to learn how to clarify butter.

Step by Step

1
Place the butter in a saucepan and cook over low heat or in a double boiler for 15 minutes.
2
With a spoon, first remove all the foam from the butter and then strain it through a fine cloth to catch all the impurities. Done! The butter is now clarified!