Rendered/Clarified Butter (Samneh) Middle East, Palestine |
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Prep Time: 5 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 5 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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A lot of Arabic pastries call for rendered, or clarified butter. This is an easy recipe for how to make this butter. Stored in jars, rendered butter will keep for many months without being refrigerated. Ingredients:
5 lbs sweet butter |
1/2 cup burghul (coarse and rinsed) or 1/2 cup flour |
Directions:
1. Melt butter in a saucepan, and add the Burghul or flour.
2. Cook on low heat until foam disappears from top.
3. When clear, remove from heat and cool. Pour the pure butter into jars.
4. Be careful not to pour the salty residue.
5. *Optional: You can use 2 1/2 lbs margarine and 2 1/2 lbs butter.
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