You don’t have to be a Puritan to make this super simple homemade butter.
All you need is a stand mixer. I know that you can shake cream in a jar until it transforms into butter, but I wanted to be a bit more practical.
I bought good, heavy cream. And started to whip it up like I do whipped cream. And beyond. Until it was…
Super-Simple Homemade Butter
Makes about a half-pound; Adapted from a recipe by Joy the Baker
Ingredients:
- 2 cups heavy cream
- Smidge of salt, to taste
Method:
In a stand mixer with the whisk attachment in place, pour cream into the bowl and set the speed at 2 0r 3.
After 10 minutes, you should have too-whipped cream. Turn the mixer to “4.” In another 10 minutes, the mixture will start to look curdled.
A little more mixing, and you’ll have buttermilk separated from a solid(ish) mass of butter!
Transfer the ball of butter to a sieve sitting over a mixing bowl to drain a bit more, then return it to the mixer and add salt. Mix for another minute or so, then dunk the whole mass in ice-cold water.
Wrap it in plastic, shape it into a log, and refrigerate.
It will be good in the fridge for about a week, but I doubt it will last that long. Especially when I bake a loaf of the no-knead bread to go with it. I’m practically a pioneer.
Can I add some canola oil to make this lower in fat & more spreadable?
How much does 2 cups of cream make? Pound wise of butter?