Butter

 Homemade Butter. As i have talked about a few breads now. I thought i'd make a block of butter to have with grandmas quick and easy bread, which i will put in another post. Now because i was too lazy to take photos while making the butter, i have borrowed the pictures from

\Cross, J. (2012). How to make homemade butter. Retrieved from http://www.thehungrymouse.com/2010/03/22/homemade-butter.

Grandma always made her own butter, in fact she refused to eat butter that wasn't homemade because and i quote " it just doesn't take the same Beth". While making butter is quite a process most of us would have done it at some time in our lives by simply over whipping cream. Grandma always had amazing butter and spent time every two weeks or so using the old butter churn to make her fortnightly block of butter. It was delicious. It really doesn't taste anything like bought butter and is really spreadable and creamy. It is a bit of a messy process though.

Grandma's Homemade Butter recipe - adapted by Beth who didn't have a butter churn.

Ingredients. -to make one block of butter.

• 6 cups of heavy cream - left to sour for at least 24 hours  (Grandma always got it fresh from the neighbors diary farm, but for the purpose of this experiement heavy cream from the supermarket will do)
• Salt to taste - i used 1 teaspoon salt.

 Put all ingredients in a mixing bowl and start to beat.






You need to beat this untill it is whipped and had peaks and then.....



Whip it some more! Keep going until the cream starts to separate and you get butter and whey (or butter milk)







This is what it should look like.





Now for the fun part. drain the liquid from the butter with a eive and keep (you can use this buttermilk to make scones and muffins) then start to knead the butter to make sure all of the liquid is out of it..



Then roll butter into a tight ball and leave to set in the fridge. This butter lasts for up to two weeks and is amazing on everything.  heres a hint.... it dosen't last lng in the fridge. especially if your made bread to go with it. Chill out and enjoy ! Theres nothing that tastes as good as homemade bread and butter!