How to Make Butter
by Alice Currah on May 22, 2014
Making homemade butter has never been this easy. With the help of a food processor or stand mixer, all you need is heavy cream and a pinch of salt to make fresh homemade butter.
- Servings
- 3/4 cup
- Prep time
- 10 minutes
- Total time
- 10 minutes
- Course
- Appetizer
Ingredients
- 1 pint Heavy Cream
- pinch of sea salt or kosher salt
Instructions
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Add the heavy cream to a food processor. Process for 6-7 minutes, scraping down the bowl half way through.
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The cream will separate into tiny balls of pale-yellow butter curds and liquid butter milk.
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Transfer the butter over a strainer and gently rinse with water. Strain the butter through the strainer.
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Add a small pinch of salt and knead the butter by hand until creamy.
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Transfer the butter to an airtight container and refrigerate. Use within two weeks.