Understanding Cream & Making Butter

[TheProphetNabob]

We make butter with Devon cream and a hand-crank churn. It's wonderful, but it doesn't have that "moldable" consistency of other butters. It is thick like lard instead of granular. The granular butters allow it to be pressed into a wooden mold to be formed into a nice picturesque block.

Does anyone know why some butters come out granular while others are "greasy"?

[TheSeasonedCook]

@TheProphetNabob Remember, when you make home made butter you are seperating the fat from everything else. The fat itself is greasy and in order to avoid that you would have to incorporate some milk solids to make it feel more commercial.

[666lordofabyss666]

this is a noob question, but would you be able to make butter with Mexican Creme. since its a bit thinker and a little sweet as well..?? Thankz in Advance :)

[TheSeasonedCook]

@666lordofabyss666 - I don't see why not but I've never tried it. It's really all about

the butterfat content in the cream. If it is at least 25% fat then you

should be able to do it. After all, cream is cream no matter where it's

from.

[BowmanFarm]

That's the same mixer we use to make butter from our Jersey cow's cream.

[thonza78]

thanks for the video, nice~

[KevKevAllen]

You seem to know what your doing, but WOW do you put your machine/bowl through some abuse!

[cestrc]

with this machine, we can save some money on buying butter, thanks for sharing =)

[snozmom4]

Chef! Thank you so much - tried it last week and someone had told me to use half and half....I whipped it for over an hour! I ended up with about a teaspoon of butter - I'll be trying again....Great video!

[elliethebee]

Oh, so *that's* what buttermilk is....

[kzhong]

your head's got more shine than the mixing bowl

[toshie12par]

Certainly informative and enjoyable as well!

[perfectsuccessetc]

greatness. I just might try this for fun.

[gorikuri]

Thanks for posting this. After making butter I hope to clarify it and make "Ghee". ;-)

[sethmeisterg]

it's a miracle that guy's still alive with all the butter and buttermilk he's consuming ;) (Just kidding -- great video!)

[jayneee49]

hi thanks for that ,,i wanted to ask you if you are 'familiar" with the old fashioned wooden butter pats,,like two paddles with furrows ,,used to use them for making  little single butter curls or balls,,well can you please show me how to use them?? Thankyou!

[ntobsa]

very informative vid. Good stuff :)

[rstcamp]

I really enjoyed your video. Very wonderfully done and educational. I also enjoyed your clarified butter video. Keep up the good work. Everyone needs to know how simple food preparing is. Maybe there will be a more healthy relationship and respect for food. When I was young, I gew up on a farm and we made our own butter.

[alihatim]

I've almost watched all your videos, they are great and very infomative. Thank you very much chef.

[MJoubes]

Would you be able to put herbs and spices into this while its mixing to form spiced butters?

[TheSeasonedCook]

After the butter is made then simply remove

it from the buttermilk and mix in whatever flavors you want in a separate

bowl. Remember that different liquors, herbs garlic etc, are all within

range. You will then have what is called a "compound butter" that can be

refrigerated or frozen for a later use.