Making and Canning Ghee (Clarified Butter) - Complete Walkthrough & Instructions

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Butter is delicious, but you have to refrigerate or freeze it. But turn it into ghee, and you can store it on the shelf! In this video, we're making a big batch of ghee from the 8 pounds of butter I made awhile back, and then we're going to process it in the pressure canner. I'll go through every single step of the method I use to end up with several pints of clarified butter that's ready for the pantry.
Disclaimer: While canning butter and other dairy products is not recommended by the USDA, many people choose to do it anyway. This video is not a recommendation or endorsement of canning ghee, but merely a depiction of how I personally do it. As with all home canning, it is done at your own risk, and it is up to you to ensure that it is done safely.
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Stuff used in this video:
Granite Ware Pressure Canner
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6-Piece Canning Tool Set
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00:00 - Intro
01:29 - What We're Using
02:40 - Melting the Butter
03:43 - Simmering
04:24 - Baking the Jars
05:21 - Preparing Pressuer Canner
06:40 - Skimming the Foam
08:06 - Cooking Completed
08:56 - Filtering the Ghee
10:04 - Filling Jars
11:07 - Headspace & De-bubbling
12:07 - Lids & Rings
13:51 - Loading Canner
14:39 - Venting
15:40 - Processing
16:39 - Finished Jars
18:01 - Solidified Ghee
18:33 - Conclusion
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@karenenss5913 Жыл бұрын

Dampen your cloth with vinegar to wipe your rims. It will cut the oil without altering the flavour.

@lifeisgood-victoria796 Ай бұрын

I use the oven to melt the butter. I usually takes 2-3 hours at 250F. The solids go to the bottom. Use cloth damped with vinegar to clean the rims. Cheese cloth to strain it and then I can it for 90 minutes.

@GeorgiasGarden Жыл бұрын

Excellent instructional video!! You can extend the hard solid shortenings and even oil in the fridge. I put them in the extra fridge. Lard freezes too. Just defrost in the refrigerator. My grandmother and mom canned ghee all the time. Love the trivet idea.

@o0oCircleso0o 5 ай бұрын

Super informative! Great video.

@averagejoesmiling456 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic instruction, Great Lakes! This is an easier process than what I had thought it would be. Thanks and God bless!

@Hoosurgirl 11 ай бұрын

Another great presentation, thank you

@kathyshaw2870 8 ай бұрын

I do it in a crockpot and it works great! I cook it till all the melted butter fats are on top and the solids drop to the bottom, and I can just pour off the ghee and in a container and pour the milk solids into a different container. I always use unsalted, you can add salt, (good salt) later when you use it. I don't can the ghee, because its self-stable. But that is me.

@GreatLakesPrepping 8 ай бұрын

Interesting method, but I feel the need to mention that ghee being shelf-stable doesn't make it inherently safe to store at room temperature (if that's what we're talking about). It's not the ghee; it's all the stuff that will grow in your ghee if it is not heat-treated and stored in an oxygen-free, airtight container (like a mason jar). I'm sure it's ok for awhile (in the same way it's ok to leave butter in a dish on the counter for a few days), and maybe you're not talking about keeping it for months or years. But for anyone else reading this, I do not recommend trying to store ghee at room temperature without canning.

@ahhotep8 Жыл бұрын

This was a great instructional video. I didn't know it should be canned. Thanks!

@bryanandjamie2032 3 ай бұрын

This is a preference based decision and not necessary. Its shelf stable once th esolids are strained and water has been simmered out.

@ahhotep8 3 ай бұрын

@@bryanandjamie2032 Thank you for the information.

@andrenabhan2186 3 ай бұрын

Good job

@Gusterdogsmom Жыл бұрын

I love ghee! I have lots of ghee on my shelves. Another great video.

@GreatLakesPrepping Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@rachelh9228 7 ай бұрын

I've melted butter in the oven, worked great

@matthewmcnabb2043 7 ай бұрын

Should have dried the lids off before putting them on the jars. Ither than that, perfect.

@karenenss5913 Жыл бұрын

I usually use salted butter to make my ghee. The flavour is different than with unsalted butter but the salt precipitates out with the milk solids. Don’t worry either way. Other than burning it, it’s hard to make butter not taste good. One hint. I use a splatter screen over my pan.

@ahhotep8 Жыл бұрын

What brand of lids do you use?

@acerrubrum5749 Жыл бұрын

👍

@99999me1 6 ай бұрын

I make ghee and put it in the frindge and I use it all up in a year.. It just looses that nutty flavor after a few months.. But it does not go bad.. Does pressure canning help retain the nutty flavor?

@selfhealherbs13ms 2 ай бұрын

Are you getting tiny drops of water around the rim with the lids? I'm just wondering🤔

@RedStorm. Жыл бұрын

😎

@KYAg227 Жыл бұрын

I am new to canning and i dont have a pressure canner but i have a vacuum sealer, can i just do that instead?

@GreatLakesPrepping Жыл бұрын

Definitely not. A vacuum sealer is only good for 100% dry foods. You need pressure canning, because the temperature has to be raised high enough to kill anything that could otherwise grow into botulism or other nasty bacteria. You must use heat sealing for anything even slightly wet. Depending on the acidity of it, you can use hot water bath (for things like tomato sauce and pickles), but most other things need higher temps so a pressure canner is needed (most veggies, meats, in this case dairy).

@KYAg227 Жыл бұрын

@@GreatLakesPrepping makes sense thanks!

@sorciere... 7 ай бұрын

Yet the sale it a the store so why would they not approve it?

@GreatLakesPrepping 7 ай бұрын

The capabilities of a commercial factory to can food is much different than a home kitchen.

@pjsolarz 3 ай бұрын

If you split the difference 60 minutes would have been the answer.

@KYAg227 Жыл бұрын

To hell with the USDA criminals!

@WisconsinAdventures 7 ай бұрын

Lots of wrong information in this video. This video is full of things this guy "thinks" and has done no research on lol

@GreatLakesPrepping 7 ай бұрын

I completely disagree. Can you name any specific things that I've done "wrong" in making my ghee? You wrote an earlier comment which you've since deleted that stated I am spreading misinformation because ghee is not made from clarified butter. You must have realized that was wrong, since you deleted it. But you still decided to be upset by something about my video, so what is it specifically? The way I make my clarified butter (and ghee) is the same process as you will find from a million other sources. I truly hope you will share what exhaustive research you have apparently done on the subject of ghee-making, and enlighten me as to the specific points of misinformation you have accused me of spreading.

@barbbaker4652 5 ай бұрын

What wrong information, don't post something unless you have facts

@ygordon141 Ай бұрын

There was no wrong information in this video. It is clear, if you actually watched and listened to the video, that he explains his research.