I don't know about you, but I'm a big fan of butter .
Homemade butter is one of the coolest and most delicious things I've ever made!
All you need is a food processor.
Frankly, what could be better than a good homemade butter?
Well, okay, there's also homemade mayonnaise!
Plus, this recipe is so easy !
Since I discovered it, I no longer buy butter at the supermarket.
Know that with 1 liter of fresh cream , I made 450 g of homemade butter .
At €2.50 per litre fresh cream, it's quite reasonable for good homemade butter, right?
For 450 g of homemade butter:
- 1 carrot (optional)
- 60 ml of milk (optional)
- 1 l of whole heavy cream (30% fat)
- ¾ teaspoon of salt
Peel and finely grate 1 carrot.
Heat the carrot with 60 ml of milk in a small saucepan, until bubbles form on the surface.
Using a square of cheesecloth (a food grade cloth), strain the carrots to obtain an orange colored milk.
Pour the milk into the bowl of your stand mixer.
Discard the remains of the carrot.
Pour the crème fraîche into the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the flat beater.
Add the salt and cover the appliance with a tea towel or a small towel.
Warning: Trust me, it's important to cover the device with a tea towel. Otherwise, you'll put it everywhere!
Turn the robot on, at maximum speed.
Continue to beat the mixture, checking it frequently.
At first, the mixture will turn into whipped cream.
Then, the cream becomes grainy.
Gradually, it separates into butter and buttermilk.
Since buttermilk is liquid, this is where the food processor splatters a lot — don't forget to cover it with a kitchen towel!
Then, the grains of butter clump together.
Your butter is ready when it begins to thicken and clings to the beater.
Using a colander, drain your homemade butter into a bowl, to drain the buttermilk from its surface.
To get all the buttermilk out, rinse the butter under cold water while pressing it down with your hands or with a spatula.
Keep squeezing until the water runs clear.
Finally, mold your butter into a lump or slab.
And There you go ! You now know how to make delicious homemade butter :-)
I told you it was easy.
You can store your homemade butter in the refrigerator for up to 4 weeks.
Serve it with bread or, of course, use it for cooking. Bon appetit!
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