Can I make butter?!
Can I make butter?
I remember when I was in kindergarten that we poured what I think was buttermilk in little jars, and than spent the day shaking the jar and eventually had butter. Thats just what I remember. Does anyone know how to do this? And is it buttermilk or something else? I want to do this, but I can't remember how or if there is something I am missing.
Answers:
Your pretty close, but the buttermilk was actually one of the finished products. Here is how to do it.
Leave Double Cream to warm to room temperature
Pour into a clean jar until one third full. Tightly screw on lid and shake jar up and down until butter starts to form
keep shaking - up to 30 minutes they recommend (that's going to hurt!) until there is a lump of butter in the liquid (buttermilk)
Drain buttermilk into a cup and fill jar with cold water. Swirl butter around and carefully pour water away. Repeat until water is clear
Put butter on a board and press down on to it to force out and remaining buttermilk. Any left inside will make the butter go sour.
Wrap and refrigerate.
Source(s):
http://www.slashfood.com/2006/03/03/how-...
Yes, and it's very easy. Use one carton of heavy whipping cream and about a teaspoon of salt. Just pour it into a jar, screw the lid on tight, and shake the hell out of it. It will keep getting thicker and thicker as you shake. You will get to a point where it is almost like whipped cream and you think it's not moving around, but just keep shaking. All of a sudden, a ball of butter will form, and you will have watery liquid all around it. Scoop the ball out and pour off the water. You can also pat the butter ball dry and shape it with a paper towel.
you can also cheat and use a blender
we did the same thing in kindergarten . we used heavy cream. just keep shaking it and the butter will form after it makes whipped cream. it is so delicious that way! we made butter that way in 1959.
dude I remember doing that...it tasted so good too! I'm bookmarking this :)