Homemade Butter Recipe
A simple two ingredient recipe for making homemade butter using heavy whipping cream and salt.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
- ¼ teaspoon salt (optional)
Instructions
- In the mixing bowl of a stand mixer, beat the whipping cream on medium-high speed until the butter is separated from the buttermilk.
- Scoop the butter fat out of the mixing bowl leaving them in small pieces and place into a fine mesh strainer. Refrigerate the buttermilk to use as desired, or discard.
- Fill the large bowl with ice cold water. Rinse the butter well in the strainer with ice water by dunking the strainer in the bowl, to remove any extra buttermilk. Water should be ice cold so that it does not melt any of the butter fat away, and you are attempting to remove any and all excess buttermilk in this step.
- After rinsing well, add the butter fat and the salt (if using) to the medium bowl and stir well, while also pressing out any additional liquid from the butter. If not using salt, still do this step, trying to remove as much liquid from the butter by mashing it against the sides of the bowls with the spoon.
- Pour off any excess liquid. Place ball of solid butter on a clean tea towel and pat dry to remove any excess moisture. The more moisture and water molecules that you remove, the longer the butter will store well.
- Shape butter into a ball or other shape of your choice and serve immediately, or chill in the refrigerator until use.
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