caterina cacciatore

i found the ghee making pan in the cooler outside where in winter it is possible to stash foodstuff

inside the pan were the remains of a roast chicken surrounded by the jelly and good stuff that accumulates when you roast a chicken with herbs and garlic and lemons and small pieces of vegetables

by golly, the chicken is still "good"

popped it into a stock pot with some onion and celery and all the chicken jelly at the bottom of the pan

we come up with two quarts of rich and tasty chicken broth

now for the ghee

ghee is better for you than butter and some other time i will tell you why

when the ghee pan was missing i decided to make ghee in the new heart shaped Le Crueset pot that Skaterina got for her birthday / the point of the heart made a good pouring spout and it was big enough for one pound of butter / usually two or more pounds are clarified in the big ghee pan

use organic unsalted butter / one pound makes one pint of ghee

the new stove has two burners called Power Burners / they heat up quick and hot

before i knew it i had a pot of totally black butter !

yeah, burned butter

i strained it anyway / strain through two layers of fine mesh cheesecloth or butter muslin into a sterile jar

oh foo i thought

sigh

peel four more sticks of butter and start over after cleaning up the cute heart shaped pot

later i notice that the burned butter had solidified and is now a lovely coffee with cream colour / it tastes and smells like caramel or toffee

tonite i will have a spoonful of it in my hot milk / yum