To Clarify Butter - unsalted butter

Method

• In a heavy saucepan, melt the butter over low heat.
• Remove the pan from the heat, let the butter stand for 3 minutes and skim the froth.
• Strain the butter through a sieve lined with a double thickness of rinsed and squeezed cheesecloth into a bowl, leaving the milky solids in the bottom of the pan.
• Pour the clarified butter into a jar or crock and store it, covered, in the refrigerator.
• The butter keeps, covered and chilled, indefinitely.
• When clarified, butter loses about one fourth of its original volume.