Sunday, May 1, 2011

Homemade Butter in your Food Pro :))

A couple of months ago , I did a post on how to make your own butter , the old fashioned way , with a little elbow grease and a mason jar :)  Today Ill show you an easier method, using your food pro. Lots of pictures to explain the whole process :) Enjoy  



Ingredients Required : 

Heavy Cream - I used 750 ml , but 500ml makes for a nice sized batch too. 
Food Processor 
Sea Salt - Optional 


Start with 750ml of heavy cream ( 35% ) Ive owned this food pro for 10 years , and have never had a chance to use the mixer attachment until now. 


Noisy attachment that it is :) lol 


5 minutes or so in.. it will appear that nothing is happening, and then .... 

You get good old fashioned whipping cream :))  :) 

Keep going , the volume will increase almost twofold. 

and just when you think nothing is going to happen ... it starts to change ..  this is about 15 minutes in . 

At about twenty minutes it starts to clump up a little, and the butter milk starts separating. 

Twenty five minutes of constant whirring , and you have butter .. time to strain off the butter milk. 

Add a couple of cups of ice water , and turn it back on for 1 minute. 

Strain off the ice water , and you will have butter!!!  

Mmmmm creamy homemade butter !!!  

I saved the butter milk for making a  loaf of bread :)) 

Pack the butter into a seal-able container , add some sea salt if you like :) This will last for about a month in the fridge.  

That's it!! So simple and easy , and you can add any flavourings you like , herbs, salts , chili.. garlic Mmmmm so many options to enjoy , or keep it plain and add flavour later :)  I hope you have enjoyed this recipe.  Happy Cooking :))

10 comments:

  1. Rich - some questions:

    1. What brand food processor?
    2. Do you like your FP?
    3. Why the ice water as a final step in butter making?

    Thanks, :D

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  2. Hi Lindy :))
    1. I have a Moulinex ( ? ) lol I have no idea if its a good one or not , but it is a two in one , with a blender on one side and the food pro on the other... I would buy separate ones next time though.
    2. Its pretty good, and has LOADS of attachment blades . I much prefer to do things by hand if possible though .
    3. I'm really not sure , but it does change the texture slightly... I think it sets the butter ?? Ill try and find out a more scientific reason for you :)
    Anytime :)) Thanks for dropping by !!

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  3. http://www.moulinex.ca/prod_adventio.html

    and just checked it is to help congeal the butter and to wash away the buttermilk residue :))

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  4. I've heard of the brand Moulinex. It must be a good one if you've been using it for 10 years. LOL!!! :D I have a Bosch - does a million things but does not work well as a FP which is why I want to get a Cuisinart. With all this cooking going on I now have lots of good uses for a separate FP. :D

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  5. lol it does work well enough,Im pretty sure it had atleast 5 yrs off during those 10 though:)) lol Id like a Cuisinart FP too, and one of those big Kitchen Aid mixers too!!! LOL but my favourite, by far, is my blender stick, so quick and easy to use.

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  6. I use my stick blender to make butter too!

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  7. Wow, I LOVE your food processor!!!!:) I have never tried to make butter by myself before, but now that I see your stunning pictures, I will definitely try!

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  8. Thank you Tanja :) it sat unused for many years , as i prefer to chop by by hand.... but its fun to drag it out for special projects :) Good luck , and enjoy!! its fun:)) I also have a mason jar version on here :)

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  9. Yum! Nothing like fresh butter for fresh homemade bread!! ;)

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  10. Rich, It's a great and easy way to produce home made butter. First in my life. Appreciate your job, documenting all the "steps". Cheers.

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