clarified butter

clarified butter

English

Etymology

From clarified +‎ butter, from Middle English clarifien and buter. Earliest attestation of clarified in this sense from the 14th century.

Noun

clarified butter (usually uncountable, plural clarified butters)

1. A cooking fat made by gently heating butter and separating the solids from the butterfat.
   • 1725, Robert Boyle, The Philosophical Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq, page 52:

     The means whereby the sailors do this, is, first to dress the meat, then cut it into slices; and laying them regularly one upon another in a close cask, they pour clarified butter thereon to fill up all the interstices

   • 1795, Elizabeth Raffald, The Experienced Housekeeper‎, page 146:

     […] when they are cold, put them into potting-pots and pour over them clarified butter, and keep them in a dry place.

   • 1992, Grace Howaniec, Encore Wisconsin: Chef's Recipes Designed to Bring You Ovations‎, page 112:

     This recipe calls for clarified butter which is easily made and reduces the chances of burning the butter during the sautéing process.

Hyponyms

• ghee

Translations

cooking fat made from butter

Arabic: سمن‎ m (samn) Armenian: հալած յուղ (hy) (halac yuł) Chinese: Mandarin: 液體黃油／液体黄油 (yètǐ huángyóu) Esperanto: buterograso Finnish: kirkastettu voi (fi) French: beurre clarifié (fr) m Galician: manteiga (gl) f Georgian: ერბო (erbo) German: Butterschmalz (de) m Hindi: घी (hi) m (ghī) Icelandic: skírt smjör n Italian: burro chiarificato m Japanese: 澄ましバター (sumashi-batā) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ڕۆن‎ (ron) Northern Kurdish: rûn (ku) m Southern Kurdish: ڕۊن‎ (řün) Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Ossetian: царв (carv) Persian: روغن گاو‎ (roγan-e gāv), گاوروغن‎ (gāvroγan), روغن حیوانی‎ (fa) (roγan-e heyvāni) Polish: masło klarowane n Portuguese: manteiga clarificada f Romanian: unt clarificat n Russian: топлёное ма́сло n (topljónoje máslo) Sanskrit: घृत (sa) m (ghṛta) Thai: เนยใส (th) (nəəi-sǎi) Tocharian B: peṣke Urdu: گھی‎ m (ghī) Welsh: menyn clir Zazaki: ron (diq)

See also

• butter oil

References

• “clarify”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary