![]() Phew! Who knew I could write so much about popcorn?!! I also found that using both spices achieved the colour I was after – tumeric alone makes the popcorn a crazy neon yellow colour, while saffron comes out a cheddar orange colour. I tried emulsifying it by shaking in a jar with the butter, grinding with salt and sprinkling. This was also the problem with normal yellow food colouring – it doesn’t dissolve in fat. None of my friends noticed it – until I probed them repeatedly!!!įor fellow food nerds interested in how I landed on this: The spices have to be dissolved in a touch of water because they don’t dissolve or seep into fat. I dissolve it in a touch of water, then swirl it around in the butter before adding the kernels.Ĭaveat: You will get yellow fingers and tongue, just like when you indulge in Cheetos and Cheezels! There is also the slightest hum of warmth left on your tongue from the spices, barely noticeable. Skip to the recipe How to make Movie Popcorn YELLOW!įor a truly authentic Movie Popcorn experience, this recipe includes an option to make your popcorn yellow!Īfter many many batches of popcorn, I’ve settled on a combination of imitation saffron and tumeric powder as the best way to add an authentic yellow colour to the popcorn. Do not use normal butter, it will make it soggy! When popping stops, remove from pot and immediately transfer popcorn into large bowlĭouse liberally with more clarified butter and sprinkle with salt. Melt clarified butter (ghee) in a pot – do not use normal butterįor optional movie theatre yellow popcorn colour – add tumeric and saffron powder (see section below for more info)ģ0 seconds after popcorn starts popping, shake pot once ![]() Grind salt or blitz in food processor to make it a fine powder – it needs to be fine so it sticks to the popcorn So now you know the secret to stay-crispy butter popcorn, here’s how to make Movie Theatre Butter Popcorn that’s ultra buttery and will stray crisp for days! (I use the same technique in my Lightly Sweet ‘n Salty Popcorn, which adds a slightly sweet touch compared to this Butter Popcorn.) Also, use it in place of melted butter in any recipe – clarified butter is just browned butter which is butter on steroids! How to make Movie Theatre Butter Popcorn You’ll find ghee is called for in almost every Indian recipe. It’s liquid when warm and a soft butter consistency at room temperature (just microwave to melt). The buttery smell is just insane!Īnd if that isn’t enough, another miracle is that clarified butter can be stored in the pantry for months and months. That’s what clarified butter is! How to make clarified butter– the secret to “stay crispy” butter popcorn In fact, it stays crispy for days and days and days….Īlternative to making clarified butter: Use store bought ghee. Won’t make popcorn soggy when you pour the butter over it. You CANNOT pop popcorn with normal butter, it just burns and Use to pop the popcorn – because it has a higher smoke point than normal butter. ![]() ![]() This has two benefits for butter popcorn: Once the water is evaporated, the melted butter is now pure butter fat. This is just melted butter that’s simmered until the water in the butter evaporates – because butter is made up of fat, milk solids and water. The secret to stay-crispy popcorn that’s really butter is clarified butter, also known as ghee. You’d be hard pressed to find an Aussie who isn’t familiar with this term! How to make butter popcorn without it going soggy We affectionally referred to it as Tight-Arse-Tuesdays. * In Australia, movie tickets are (were?) discounted by most cinemas every Tuesday. This butter popcorn is intensely buttery – and it stays crisp for days! In particular, for all fellow Aussies who remember enjoying cheap movie tickets on Tight-Arse-Tuesdays*, only to spend twice as much on popcorn and M&M’s.īut I can help you with the butter popcorn!!! Today’s butter popcorn recipe is for everyone who’s blown a fortune at movie theatre candy bars. This yellow, intensely buttery homemade Movie Popcorn stays crisp FOR DAYS! Save a fortune at the movie theatre candy bar – just remember to take a giant bag so you can smuggle in loads of your own homemade Butter Popcorn….
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