Substituting butter with clarified butter

[Anonymous Modernist 19856]

Hi Modernists,

Dairy including butter (even lactose-free) make my stomach turn upside down. However, using casein and lactose-free clarified butter doesn't. Can butter be substituted with clarified butter in the recipes (e.g. caramelized carrot soup) or does it have to be butter?

Cheers,

Juho

[Anonymous Modernist 310]

There shouldn't be any problem. It won't taste the same but it should still be great. Don't forget that butter is 15-20% water and that you need that water to build up pressure in the pressure cooker. There's not much extra water in the soup recipe so add a little bit of liquid if you change the fat.

Good luck

Louis-Frederic