Brown butter vs. ghee

Before knowing the difference between brown butter and ghee, one should know about these dairy staples. Both the products are common but they taste different. Ghee is produced from the milk butter where milk proteins like lactose and casein get eliminated. As a result ghee becomes a lactose and casein free product, which is allergy risk free for lactose tolerant people. Alternatively, butter is not free of milk protein. It contains lactose and casein and that is why it is not an allergy risk free dairy product. Those who have food sensitivity, should not add brown butter in their diet. 

Here are some basic differences between Brown butter and Ghee-

Brown butter vs. ghee: the difference of taste

Brown butter is a unique preparation, which is an unsalted category of dairy butter. In this dairy product butterfat and milk solids get separated but the texture remains semi-liquid. The color of the product gets brown over heat, and it is used as sweet sauce commonly in French pastry. Ghee is neutral in taste, brown butter is sweet. 

Brown butter and ghee: smoking point

High smoking point is one of the premium advantages of using ghee as a cooking oil. Organic grass fed cow ghee offers higher smoking points than butter. Ghee smoke point is 250 °C (482 °F). This high smoking point makes ghee a safer option for cooking especially if you are cooking against high temperature.

In contrast to ghee, brown butter offers a smoking point of 350°F/175°C, which is much lower than ghee.

Brown butter and ghee: storage in kitchen

Ghee is a storage friendly dairy product that you can store in the kitchen without the support of refrigeration.  In fact, good quality organic grass fed ghee can be stored for 12-18 months from its date of manufacturing. Ghee can be stored in a glass jar and should be kept away from the exposure of light and heat. Moisture intrusion may hamper the quality and consistency of ghee.

Butter including brown butter is not that storage friendly. You cannot store brown butter in the fridge more than 7-10 days once you have opened its packet/container. while ghee is an easier and storage friendly dairy product that you can use for cooking as well as for garnishing, and baking, etc.

Brown butter vs. Ghee: Support of butyrate

The support of butyrate works as a colon cleaner ingredient in ghee. Ghee contains loads of butyrate and that is why ghee in diet helps in enjoying a natural relief from constipation or from the spell of irritable bowel syndrome as the laxative quality of ghee helps in poisonous toxin excretion from the body.

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