I just made some butter!

[fractionMan]

I secretly wish I had a mixer

 

[Miss Caphat]

You add it once it's separated from the buttermilk, while you're pressing it.

this ^ it's really soft and easily mixable at this point

 

[mrsfran]

I secretly wish I had a mixer

You can do it by hand! http://101things.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/how-to-make-butter/

 

[Mrs Magpie]

You can do it by hand! http://101things.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/how-to-make-butter/

ahem

whisk is cheating

When I made butter I did it properly

I secretly wish I had a mixer

 

[fractionMan]

You can do it by hand! http://101things.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/how-to-make-butter/

It was your recipe that inspired me to make it a few years ago!

 

[mrsfran]

 

[UrbaneFox]

You cheated!! We did it 'properly' at school years ago with a churn and paddle! Took ages

Yes, but we didn't have 4,000 TV channels and t'internet in those days.

 

[geminisnake]

I've got old wooden butter pats and butter moulds

You've just reminded me I have some pats too, with zigzag ridges. Hmm, might try this. Would it work with a blender do you think? Not got a mixer.

Roughly how much butter would you get from 500ml double cream?? I have no idea if that's the quantity dc is sold in!!

 

[Addy]

so how would one make ghee?

 

[kittyP]

so how would one make ghee?

You gently melt butter and separate the clear from the solids.
I think

 

[Frances Lengel]

Butter is bloody expensive these days. How much is double cream?!

Ity fuckin is, my mate - Well over a pound a block in fuckin lidl. If these austerity meausures mean I have to start using margerine then you will see marches on downing street. Except I'll be too crippled by osteomalacia to get there.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

the other thing is, it's fun to add things like fresh herbs & garlic, or honey & walnuts, etc. to make different types of butter spreads.

Chive or garlic butter is great.

 

[fractionMan]

Ity fuckin is, my mate - Well over a pound a block in fuckin lidl. If these austerity meausures mean I have to start using margerine then you will see marches on downing street. Except I'll be too crippled by osteomalacia to get there.

over 2 quid a block in the shop nearest me.

 

[mrs quoad]

Inspired by this thread, I churned up 2 pints of cream this morning.

And am just about to pull a sourdough loaf out of the oven, made with the buttercream

Gotta say, I wasn't expecting *that much* cream to end up on the walls

 

[equationgirl]

Inspired by this thread, I churned up 2 pints of cream this morning.

And am just about to pull a sourdough loaf out of the oven, made with the buttercream

Gotta say, I wasn't expecting *that much* cream to end up on the walls

Shouldn't you be writing up?

 

[mrs quoad]

Shouldn't you be writing up?

http://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/druglympics-2012.296364/#post-11352617

Up 'til 2:06 am (more like 3, tbf) writing up, hence the brainfog this morning

 

[UrbaneFox]

I made some butter today and it is brilliant. I used it to make these biscuits.

http://www.britishlarder.co.uk/the-perfect-dunking-hazelnut-biscuits/#axzz20ovrTFTN

Inspired by the Nigel Slater Banana & Hazelnut loaf, I toasted the hazelnuts before crushing them; I think this improved matters.

 

[Orang Utan]

I've just made some duck butter

 

[chazegee]

'Lying in bed on a summer morning, with the window open, listening to the church bells, eating buttered toast with cunty fingers.'

 

[mrs quoad]

I have taken to home churning all our butter, as it seemed daft not to.

Started on a Sunday evening when we had no butter in, but we DID have half a lot of one-day-past-sell-by cream. And a light went off.

The buttermilk is a proper bonus - actually works out cost effective thumbs

Since when, I have been gifted a pair of finest butter bats, and have committed to freeing myself from the grip of the butter industry.

Thumbs.

 

[8den]

I've just made some duck butter

I just had to look that up on urban dictionary didn't I?

 

[bubblesmcgrath]

Iv

I secretly wish I had a mixer

I've made butter by just putting the cream in a jar, covering it and shaking it for about 8 minutes. Works perfectly.

 

[fractionMan]

Iv


I've made butter by just putting the cream in a jar, covering it and shaking it for about 8 minutes. Works perfectly.

that's what I did!

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Iv


I've made butter by just putting the cream in a jar, covering it and shaking it for about 8 minutes. Works perfectly.

That what we did at primary school in the late 70s - an empty coffee jar, and a bit of greaseproof under the lid to stop leaks. The whole class took in turns to shake it, like a weird game of pass the parcel.

I can't remember that far back, but I suspect it took a tad longer than 8 minutes to produce the butter...

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Yeah, double cream.
I sometimes buy a pot and only use a tiny bit.
This is good to know

Never waste double cream - I always drink whatever is left.

 

[antimata]

orsm look yum well worth the effort.

is salt required and can i throw garlic into the mix?

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Never waste double cream - I always drink whatever is left.

Oh god me too...Much to the disgust of those around me. Another real treat I "invented" fairly recently....muesli and "leftover" sour cream.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Oh god me too...Much to the disgust of those around me. Another real treat I "invented" fairly recently....muesli and "leftover" sour cream.

I don't see why anyone would get freaked out by it - it's no different to drinking milk really. I just spoon it out of the tub until it's all gone.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

I don't see why anyone would get freaked out by it - it's no different to drinking milk really. I just spoon it out of the tub until it's all gone.

I don't know either but drinking double cream out of the pot has been deemed universally disgusting by anyone who's seen me do it. Weirdos.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I don't know either but drinking double cream out of the pot has been deemed universally disgusting by anyone who's seen me do it. Weirdos.

I'm going to have to buy a pot of double cream now - just to drink it.