Instant Pot Ghee -

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Instant Pot Ghee

This instant pot ghee has a buttery nutty flavor and is made easily at home with a pressure cooker to save you time and money.

Cook Time2

Additional Time5

Total Time2 5

Course: instant pot

Cuisine: Indian

Keyword: brown butter ghee, ghee clarified butter, ghee recipe, how to make ghee, how to make instant ghee, slow cooker ghee, whole30 instant pot ghee

Servings: .5 Cups

Calories: 122kcal

Author: Valerie Skinner

Ingredients

24 oz Grass Fed Butter

Instructions

Make sure your instant pot is completely dry before adding butter.
Press SLOW COOK on your instant pot and make sure the heat is set to normal. Add butter and cook for 2 hours uncovered.
You will see the milk solids have completely settled to the bottom. This can be strained and made into clarified butter.
For ghee, turn the instant pot onto SAUTE for 4-5 minutes keeping an eye on the color. Make sure your splatter guard is on top of your instant pot as splattering may occur.
As soon as 5 minutes are up, remove sleeve from instant pot and let residual heat continue to cook the milk solids. If the solids are brown, this is ok! Just make sure they do not get burnt.
Once ghee is cooled down a bit, put place your cheese cloth or nut milk bag on top of your mesh strainer and strain brown butter into glass jars.

Notes

What is Brown Butter Ghee? Brown butter ghee is when the milk solids caramelize to the point where they are brown and toasty lending a REALLY amazingly nutty toffee-like flavor to the butterfat once strained.

What If My Ghee Is Grainy? Making ghee this way may also produce a product that is grainy in texture while room temperature.

As a ghee maker, the gritty texture is difficult to achieve and is considered an accomplishment. Having the grainy texture gives the ghee a higher medicinal value. It is an indicator that the ghee has been done correctly. The temperature has been kept low, so all of the antioxidants are intact. - SOURCE

Can I Make Ghee In A Slow Cooker? Yes! Ghee can be made in a crockpot or a slow cooker using the exact same method as the recipe below. The only difference is that cooking ghee in a slow cooker will take double the time, sometimes triple depending on how hot your slow cooker can get.

Slow Cooker Ghee Instructions:

Place the butter in the slow cooker and set it to high for 4 hours with lid half way on so that moisture can evaporate and not cause splattering. Keep the lid on the slow cooker only half way so the moisture can evaporate.
After about 2 hours, there will be a white foam at the top which will eventually turn brown.
Once brown butter is cooled down a bit, put place your cheese cloth or nut milk bag on top of your mesh strainer and strain brown butter into glass jars.

How Long Does Ghee Last? Because the milk solids are removed completely, ghee can not only last a long time, but it also can be stored OUT of the refrigerator. Ghee can be stored unopened and un-refrigerated for 9 months. Once it's open, it will last for 3 months outside of the refrigerator.

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