Make your own butter!
A few years back, the New York Times magazine ran a recipe for butter. If you’ve ever overwhipped your whipped cream, you already know the recipe. It had one ingredient, one instruction. I had to make it.
After the first attempt, butter became a popular request from Jenn, so tonight, I “showed her” how to make it. That is, I stood around and took pictures while she did the work.
Butter
- 1 pint heavy cream
Whip heavy cream until it’s butter.
Your raw materials!
The butter will separate into buttermilk and butter. The plastic wrap keeps you from getting splashed.
Your first time, you might think this is far enough. It is not.
Closer, but still not there. Drain off some of that buttermilk!
You can stop there. Now knead it to squeeze out the extra buttermilk, and shape it!
A pint of cream gets you a softball of butter.
Sprinkle a little sea salt on top, and enjoy!
