Mom taught me how to make butter this week. I am surprised by how easy it is to make. I can't imagine buying butter in the market anymore. I think it took about 10 minutes to make and it tastes divine. Mom used Farmland brand Heavy Cream from Costco. It is free of hormones and antibiotics. My sister used Hatcher Family Dairy's Whole Cream. They both worked well.
What you will need on hand:
Mixer
Dish Towel
Pint Container (to store the remaining buttermilk)
Seran Wrap
Bowl or mold (to mold the butter)
Ingredients:
1 Quart Heavy Cream
1 tsp Salt
First, pour the entire quart of cream into the mixing bowl.
Cover the mixer with a dish towel because there will be lots of splatters!
Mix on high for several minutes.
You will notice the cream begin to thicken into whipped cream.
In a minute or 2 more, it will begin to get chunky.
This is when you will add the salt.
Once you've added the salt, cover the mixer again.
Continue mixing on high speed.
After another minute, you will begin to hear liquid sloshing around.
The cream is separating from the liquid.
Soon, the butter will be clumping up on the mixer's whisk.
Turn the mixer off. Lift the whisk.
Allow the liquid to drip off of the butter for a few minutes.
Catch any remaining clumps of butter in the liquid.
Smoosh them into the big ball of butter on the whisk.
Prepare your mold by placing a layer of seran wrap into the mold.
Scrape the butter off of the whisk and form into a big ball.
Next, smoosh the ball of butter into the mold. Press out any air bubbles.
Remove from mold, wrap up completely with seran wrap.
Place into refrigerator until ready to use.
Of course, I always leave a big blob of butter out at room temperature for toast.
Lastly, you will pour the remaining liquid in to a pint jar. You can leave this out for 24-36 hours at room temperature. Then, refrigerate. Somehow, this turns into buttermilk!
So, for less than $3 you can make almost a pound of butter and a pint of buttermilk. Lovely.
I have a feeling that my next recipe post may include Darryl making Irish Soda Bread with our buttermilk.
Let me know how it works out for you.
Enjoy!
3 Comments:
My sister in Missouri has always said how easy it is to make butter. You have convinced me. I can't wait to give it a try.
Thanks for following That New House! I love your blog, too. So glad to connect with you. I'll post pictures as soon as I get the internet! It's a fantastic house!
Thanks, Anna. Looks like my blog needed some updating. haha. I'll check in with yours soon!
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