How to Make Butter from Heavy Cream
Servings: 1 cup
Calories: 1109kcal
This Homemade Butter Recipe is ready in just 5 minutes using your blender, heavy cream, ice water and salt. You'll wonder why you never made butter at home before!
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Equipment
- Cheese Salt , optional
Ingredients
- 1 pint heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon cheese salt or Kosher Salt
- Ice Water
- Desired add-ins
Instructions
- Place the heavy cream in a food processor or blender. Hit blend and watch your appliance do the work. You will see the mixture changes in both consistency and color over about 2-3 minutes.
- Continue to mix until cream separates into butter and butterfat. Drain off the butterfat and discard or save (it's buttermilk).
- Add 1/2 cup of ice water and continue to blend for 30 seconds. Drain off water. Add additional 1/2 cup of ice water and repeat. Drain. Mix in the salt and just pulse a few times.
- Add any other flavors as well- fresh herbs, citrus zest, dried fruit bits or other spices.
- Refrigerate until ready to use in any recipe that requires butter.
- If you've tried this recipe, please come back and let us know how it was in the comments or star ratings.
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Nutrition
Calories: 1109kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 171g | Saturated Fat: 109g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Monounsaturated Fat: 43g | Cholesterol: 535mg | Sodium: 2453mg | Potassium: 450mg | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 6956IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 314mg | Iron: 0.5mg
