How to Make Homemade Butter
There’s something magical about turning simple cream into rich, velvety homemade butter in just 10 minutes. The process is surprisingly easy, and the result is a luxurious spread with a creamy texture and fresh, indulgent flavor that store-bought versions can’t match.
Equipment
- food processor
- electric whisk
- stand mixer
- sieve
- bowl
- clean tea towel
- cheesecloth
Ingredients
- 3 cups heavy cream high fat content
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 5 tablespoons ice water
Instructions
- Pour the cold cream into your food processor. You can also use an electric whisk or stand mixer.
- Whip the cream until it separates. After around 2 ½ minutes you will see it start to over whip and really thicken. Keep going. After around 4 minutes it should be fully separated. You can see yellow buttery solids and cloudy liquid at this point.
- Once it separates pour in your ice-cold water. This helps separate the butter fully separate from the liquid (buttermilk) and you will see even more buttermilk appear.
- Place a sieve over a bowl and pour in the contents of the bowl.
- The liquid that remains is buttermilk. Save it in the fridge and use it in your baking or to marinate meat.
- Squeeze the butter solids in your hands to make sure there is NO more buttermilk in there. You want to remove it all otherwise your butter will be wet. Also, you can squeeze it in a clean tea towel or a cheesecloth.
- Stir in some salt or flavors to your soft butter. This recipe will yield you over 2 sticks/ 10oz/ 300g of butter.
- Store in the fridge for 6 weeks and use it in your baking, savory dishes, or even on toast.
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