I made butter!

On Tuesday night I got this brilliant idea(usually when I refer to something as a 'brilliant idea', it means something that went wrong... well in this case it went right!)to use up the half carton of whipping cream I had in the fridge and make butter. I have never done this before but I knew I didn't want to make whipping cream and use it as an excuse to have it on everything- coffee, ice cream, a spoon... so I looked it up on the internet and found a website that taught you how to make butter.

Here is how I did it!

Put the cream in your mixer(or if you want to be really resourceful you can shake it in a jar... I like the lazy way better) and let it stand for a bit to come up to room temperature.


Next turn your mixer on high and let it whip as if you were making whipped cream

After it goes passed the whipped cream stage it starts to turn into curds. At this point I turned down my mixer to about medium. The butter then starts to separate from the buttermilk.

Risky, Puss and Dexter enjoying a taste of buttermilk

Next you have to wash your butter to remove any remaining buttermilk. You do this by adding cold water to your butter and running the mixer. You may need to do this several times until the water is really clean.

Next you press your butter. I was a little unsure of this step so I just kept pressing it until I didn't see any more water in it. I left my butter unsalted but you can add salt at this point or any other flavorings you might want. Voila! Butter! Wrap it up and put it in the fridge or freezer.
Now, obviously it would be no more economical to make butter from cream unless you have your own cow... which I do but firstly she hasn't had a calf yet so no milk, and secondly when that time comes I doubt Chocolate or Vanilla will be inclined to let me anywhere near their teats. Something tells me I'd have a hoof print in the middle of my forehead. I will try when the time comes and don't you worry, you'll be the first to hear of the experience!