[pct-l] homemade ghee

[jape at nethere.com (Eckert)]

Campy wrote:

> <snip>
>
> It's possible, I guess, to botch the job of making it in your 
> kitchen... Although making ghee only requires three things: unsalted 
> butter, a pan, and an oven with a good temperature control and a time 
> clock. It should taste like butter.

Never having learned how to make it the right way, I've always used our 
microwave.  I'll melt a cube of butter (plan old salted butter) in the 
m'wave, the fats will float to the top, and I'll spoon them off.  The 
translucent yellow remainder is what I save.  I've never stored it at 
room temperature for more than a week, but within that time period I've 
not noticed it turning rancid, and it tastes like butter.  I must admit 
it tastes a bit thin without the extra grease, <g> but it does the job.

Eckert