(Courtsey of Alton Brown and Good Eats) Made this tonight, turned out very nicely. Grab some snow or king crab legs. If you get cooked and thawed ones you're good to go, otherwise get the cooked and frozen and let them thaw in the fridge for a day or two (you want to let them drain properly, so put them in a colander or a tupperware container you've punched holes in). Wrap the legs up, 3-4 at a time, in some wet paper towels with a bunch of dill. Wrap that with some plastic and throw in the microwave for 2-3 mins. You'll likely end up doing batches but they will stay hot for 10-15 mins easily after you pull them out of the microwave if you leave 'em wrapped up. For the ghee, melt some butter and bring to a boil, turn down to medium. Let simmer/boil for around 6-8 mins until you get some solid foam and solids floating around on the bottom -- the butter should turn golden by then. Strain through a fine mesh strainer or cheese cloth and use to drip the crab meat in. Enjoy... we did.
So the spin on this is the ghee which is kind of like drawn butter. I saw some pre-made ghee at an Indian grocery store. I wonder what the results would be like using that. Anyone know much about the premade ghee?
Ok, all these food threads are making me hungry. Please, if you are going to post a recipe, please post a pic of the finished product for me to salivate over at work.
I'm sure it's fine -- removing the milk solids keep it from getting rancid so it lasts a while. It's so damn easy to make at home though that I don't really see the point in buying it.
ghee is good stuff dude. clarified butter to the 10power. all cooks know about the stuff and alton brown is einstien in the kitchen.
No doubt, at first I thought the format of the show was hokey but it get's his points across. The show "Good Eats" really describes methods of cooking and the science behind it. "America's Test Kitchen" is a pretty good resource too, I think it comes on Saturday morning's on PBS.