This site uses only a few technical cookies necessary for its operation. By continuing to browse, you accept their use.
To find out more...
To find out more...
Clarified butter
This is a way of melting butter to eliminate all the impurities.
The clarified butter can then be heated without spoiling, and is more digestible.
It is ideal for cooking at high temperatures where small black specks would spoil the appearance, or for emulsified sauces like béarnaise or mousseline.
The clarified butter can then be heated without spoiling, and is more digestible.
It is ideal for cooking at high temperatures where small black specks would spoil the appearance, or for emulsified sauces like béarnaise or mousseline.
472 K 4.2/5 (55 reviews)
2 hours 15 min.
Easy
400 g
1 IngredientLast modified on: June 21th 2017
For 400 g, you will need:
500 g 
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 5 min.
Resting: 2 hours
Cooking: 9 min.
All in all: 2 hours 15 min.
If you start now, at , you will finish around : ?.Change start time
To finish around 7pm, you'll need to have started before: .Change end time
Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Put 500 g butter cut in pieces in a pan on medium heat, allow to melt then wait until it begin to boils.
Stage 2 - 1 min.
Skim off the foam which forms on the surface with a tablespoon.
Stage 3 - 2 hours
Pour the content of the pan in a bowl.
Let cool, then put in the fridge for 2 hours at least.
Let cool, then put in the fridge for 2 hours at least.
Stage 4 - 1 min.
Press firmly on the butter to unmould.
Stage 5 - 1 min.
You can see that butter impurity are white, and separate from the butter who is yellow.
Stage 6 - 1 min.
Rinse butter under cold water to remove last impurity.
Stage 7
You should get a clean yellow block of clarified butter.
You can use it from now, but it's more convenient to make it melt again.
You can use it from now, but it's more convenient to make it melt again.
Stage 8 - 4 min.
Break the block in pieces, and make melt on slow fire.
Stage 9 - 1 min.
Then pour in a jar.
Stage 10
Let cool and put in the fridge.
It's done. You can seal the jar, and keep in the fridge for several weeks with no problem and just use what you need when you need.
It's done. You can seal the jar, and keep in the fridge for several weeks with no problem and just use what you need when you need.
Remarks
As it keeps very well, it is worth making a large quantity at a time, then keeping it in the fridge in a sealed container.
Keeping: A few weeks in the fridge in a closed jar.
Source: From a tip of chef Jacques Thorel.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 3 RDI=1 % | 0 | 420 RDI=60 % | 3,800 RDI=190 % | 15,890 RDI: 190 % |
| Per 100 g | 0 | 0 | 80 RDI=10 % | 760 RDI=40 % | 3,180 RDI: 40 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 400 g : 3.50 €
Change currency: 
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
Some other recipes using this recipeSee them all 34
Flambéd bananas
The trick of this recipe is to end up with bananas caramelised on the outside, still firm on the inside, coated with a tasty syrup which is not 95% butter.
335 K 14 40 min.
Rolled chestnut and apple brioche
This rolled brioche is made with a special dough, using a mixture of two flours: ordinary plain flour and chestnut flour. The prepared dough is then rolled up around a filling of apples sautéed with brown sugar.
61 K 24 15 hours 55 min.
Warm apple feuillantines
It's a rather long recipe but which never fails to impress, perfect for a special dinner party. It's made up of 3 circles: one almond "tuile", 2 of caramelized brik sheets, with a caramelized apple layer between each, whipped cream on top, and custard all around. Everything, except whipped cream,...
333 K5 3 hours 9 min.
Roast beef "like they do it in Santa Fe"
For this delicious roast, the beef joint is seared all over, then wrapped in slices of grilled (broiled) bacon before the final long, slow roasting in a bag with aromatic ingredients (bayleaf, shallots, carrot, thyme and chilli). Cooked this way, the meat will be well done on the outside, meltingly...
75 K4.5 5 hours 40 min.
Sweet pancake rolls from Brittany
Stewed apples, raisins soaked in whisky, toasted almonds, rolled in a lightly caramelized pancake.
254 K4.3 2 hours 20 min.
This recipe uses (among others)
Butter
Like these other recipes: Spinach on toast with bechamel, Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée), French toast "cordon bleu", Du Barry soup, Linzer torte, ... See them all 476
Other recipes you may also like
Chocolate tart
As you can see, there's very little added sugar in this recipe, so it's a very chocolatey and bitter-sweet tart. November 16th 2013300 K 15 2 hours 30 min.
Candied grapefruit peel
Not really a dessert, more a kind of sweet. After soakiing, strips of grapefruit skin are cooked very slowly to conservethem in sugar. It's a real treat with coffee at the end of a meal. December 20th 2018384 K 14 1 day 1 hour 25 min.
Soft fruits in sabayon
This recipe is made by briefly cooking an assortment of soft fruits (raspberries, blackcurrants, blackberries, blueberries, currants...) with a little sugar to glaze them. They are served in a small dish, covered with a delicious sabayon which can be lightly "burned" on surface. February 21th 2011273 K3.9 50 min.
Four quarters
It's "the simpliest cake in the world", called four quarters, because it's made with 1/4 eggs, 1/4 sugar, 1/4 flour and 1/4 butter. February 21th 2011327 K3.7 1 hour 15 min.
Oriane's tuna rillettes
Quick to make, delicious as an aperitif. February 21th 2011203 K5 20 min.
News list of cooking-ez.com
Sign up to receive the latest recipes (next batch due to be sent on 2025-09-07)
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Post a comment or question
Follow this recipe (as 3 people already do)
If you are interested in this recipe, you can "follow" it, by entering your email address here. You will then receive a notification immediately each time the recipe is modified or a new comment is added. Please note that you will need to confirm this following.
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Alternatively: you can subscribe to the mailing list of cooling-ez.com , you will receive a e-mail for each new recipe published on the site.