Cocavo Ghee is:
Cocavo Ghee is a blend of NZ Ghee, Coconut Oil & Avocado Oil.
Ghee itself is like clarified butter. To make ghee you first start with butter, and then gently heat the butter. The milk solids fall to the bottom while the oil contained within the milk rises to the top. This oil is ghee. Ghee is considered lactose free as the milk solids have been removed.
Cooking with Ghee
Cocavo Ghee can be used to cook Indian, Middle Eastern, and Southeast Asian cuisine, as well as every day cooking. Cocavo Ghee can be used in roasting, frying, and sautéing or wherever butter would be used.
You can use Cocavo Ghee in roasting potatoes, vegetables, or rubbing on chicken. Roasting with Cocavo Ghee produces a crisp outside and a mild buttery flavor. Toss whatever you are roasting in ghee and herbs and you won’t be disappointed.
Cocavo Ghee makes for a good frying oil. We like using it for grilled cheese, hash browns, and eggs. Because of ghee has a smoke point of 465F, above most vegetable oils, it is a good oil for deep frying.
We like using Cocavo Ghee to sauté vegetables. The mild buttery taste of Cocavo Ghee and sautéed broccoli is just delicious. Stir fry vegetables in Cocavo Ghee, use over rice, or add to curries for a richer taste.
Cocavo Ghee is good for you
Cocavo Ghee is high in saturated fat, which in many schools of thought makes it off limits in terms of healthy fats. But, studies that saturated fats, when consumed in moderation, are not a significant health risk. While the jury may still be out if ghee is good for you, we do know it has been used for centuries for medicinal purposes.
Traditional Ghee is used in Ayurvedic medicine, a 6,000 year-old-form of medicine that is still widely practiced in India and across the world. Ayurvedic medicine uses ghee to administer medicine, and believes in both a medical and spiritual benefit in eating ghee. Ghee and other fats can increase the bioavailability and absorption of healthy vitamins and minerals. For example, the benefits of turmeric are more readily available when mixed with fat like ghee and black peppercorn.
How to store Cocavo Ghee
You can store your Cocavo Ghee on the kitchen counter or pantry for about 3 months after opening the sealed glass jar. Moisture and sunlight can cause the Cocavo Ghee to breakdown so storing it in a dark, dry space is ideal.
Like coconut oil, ghee becomes solid in the refrigerator but softens up once at room temperature.
Cooking with ghee made from Kiwi butter can be a healthy fat to cook with and tastes so good! The buttery flavor of ghee makes it our favorite for grilled cheese and cooking eggs as a butter alternative.
