Just made Butter!

[Rhona]

Might be a silly question but do you just use the normal blades on the FP?

To be honest, I use the normal metal blades for pretty much everything; pasta dough, pastry, blending, chopping. And now butter!

[FionaH]

Thanks Rhona, guess what I will be trying later

[Rhona]

I seem to remember turning into peanut butter afterwards.

Were you crunchy or smooth?

[HeyWayne]

Were you crunchy or smooth?

Crunchy of course!

[sweetiepea]

Thanks Rhona. I've a few cartons I'll try it with.

[Llamas]

I would love to try and make this from goats milk but not sure if there is enough cream or how to seperate it, is great using up things to make something else isnt it.

As kids we kept goats and occaisonally milked them and made our own butter so it's doable. I can't remember what the taste was like but theres nothing like trying!

[Brengirl]

Just got home from Waitrose. Everyone thought I was crazy buying 7 pints of reduced double cream. Well at 15p a pint it is definitely worth a try. hehe I deserve a pat on the back.

I just had to show the results of my efforts:


from this



to this


Fresh butter at 20p per lb.

[FionaH]

OMG it works! I just made butter and I can't start to tell you how excited I am by that! I know small things and all that, but I am really chuffed!
Thanks Rhona and all

[Llamas]

hmmm, you know. There are cows in the field at the mo.....

[Scottishnewbie]

just made some with my 13 year old son - he was seriously impressed! and it takes a lot to impress a 13 year old let me tell you!!

[Rhona]

OMG it works! I just made butter and I can't start to tell you how excited I am by that! I know small things and all that, but I am really chuffed!)

Hee hee...exactly my reaction. I no longer just say butter, I say 'homemade butter' and feel excited all over again. Yes, little things...

[Brengirl]

Further to my discovery on Monday I went back to Waitrose and bought another 12 pints of cream. I gave some to the grandkids to play with and made another 6 lb butter and 2lb garlic butter for the freezer.

I have also frozen some of the by product for baking.

[Bren In Pots]

I fancy having a go so I'll have to look out of for cream on offer, yours look how butter used to look Brengirl.

[Comfreyfan]

I just did it too! It's like magic - OH was seriously impressed, I went into the kitchen for 2 minutes and came out with delicious homemade butter. The cream was about a week past it's sell by date, but it didn't smell so it was fine!

[Rhona]

I'm doing another batch today as we've already used half the first lot... might try rolling some into little logs and coating one with some chopped herbs. Having just read someone's thread on wild garlic, when I find some, I'll try wrapping a log in the leaves and try to infuse a very subtle, soft garlic flavour (I find 'straight' garlic butter a bit harsh).

Anyone using the buttermilk? I've been adding it when making bread - makes a nice soda-bread type thing.