Farm Fresh Ghee

Ghee is a type of clarified or drawn butter with origins in Indian cooking. Clarification is the cooking process that separates milk solids and water from fat. In ghee, the butter is cooked longer than in clarified butter, allowing milk solids to brown before they are strained out. This gives ghee a richer, nuttier flavor than traditional clarified butter.

For thousands of years, ghee has been used in Ayurvedic medicine as a curative for several ailments. The clarification process is believed to remove impurities, leaving behind a healthier product.

Clarification does remove milk solids, decreasing the lactose and casein content of ghee. This may offer benefits to people who have a milk allergy or sensitivity. However, research is ongoing as to whether ghee offers measurable health benefits, especially as compared to regular butter.

In addition to eating ghee, some people apply it topically as a creamy salve for wounds, burns, or rashes. Research has confirmed that ghee does contain healing properties for skin due to antimicrobial and antioxidant activity, most likely because of its vitamin A and E content. However, some studies looked at ghee in combination with honey, which has its own beneficial properties in small quantities to enhance other foods, as you would butter or oils.