How to Make Butter
Recipe for homemade butter using pasteurized or raw cream. Super easy and when sourced from pastured cows, is one of the healthiest foods on the planet.
Ingredients
- 1 quart cream preferably raw and grassfed
- 1 large glass bowl
- 1 hand mixer
Instructions
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Pour cream into the bowl and let come to room temperature.
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Turn on hand mixer on medium speed and mix until the cream turns into butter. You will know this because suddenly, the butter will separate from the buttermilk in the bowl and change color to yellow. This takes about 3 minutes.
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Add 2 cups ice cold water and remix for a few seconds. Pour butter mixture into a fine mesh cheesecloth, gather up the ends and squeeze bag to strain out the water mixed with buttermilk. Repeat this rinsing process one or two more times as desired to make sure all the buttermilk is removed for the sweetest tasting butter.
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Scoop the butter into a small container with a lid. Refrigerate.
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Recipe Notes
If you use slightly soured cream in this recipe instead of fresh cream, you will have cultured butter!