Homemade Butter
soft and creamy homemade butter
Homemade butter is surprisingly easy to make and tastes so much better than shop bought butter. Made up of only 1 ingredient, all you need to make butter at home is double cream, an electric whisk and some patience!
Essentially all you’re doing is whisking cream until it breaks and then draining, washing and shaping it - viola you have butter!
The whisking process will look something like this:
Stage 1
Stage 2:
Once the butterfat and buttermilk separate completely, squash the butter to bring it together and then wash it in cold water.
Pat the butter into shape using your hands.
Wrap in some parchment paper and store in the refrigerator.
FLAVOURING YOUR BUTTER:
There’s endless ways in which you can flavour this butter. All you have to do is add salt, garlic, thyme, parsley or any herb that you like to give the butter your desired taste. You can even keep it unsalted.
Homemade Butter
Ingredients
Instructions
- Pour the double cream into a large bowl and beat using an electric hand mixer. Beat until the cream stiffens. Continue to beat until the cream breaks and separates into butterfat and buttermilk.
- Using a sieve or cloth, drain out the buttermilk to separate it from the butterfat. You can keep the buttermilk and use it for baking or other recipes. Squash the butterfat between your hands to bring it together.
- Put the butter into a bowl of very cold water and rinse it until the water is clear. Keep squashing and rinsing until all the buttermilk has been drained out. Change the water a few times.
- Once the water is completely clear, the butter is ready. Add salt or herbs to taste.
- Shape the butter into a block by patting it with your hands. Wrap in parchment paper and store in refrigerator.
Storage:
Keep refrigerated for up to a week.
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