HOME-CHURNED BUTTER
Try making your own brandy butter this Christmas, with just a one-litre jar and a marble. Kids will love the magic of turning cream into homemade butter
Provided by Barney Desmazery
Time 30m
Yield makes 200g block
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Pour the cream into a jar with a clean marble inside. Screw the lid on tightly. Shake the jar continuously for 5 mins (you can take turns shaking with someone else). The movement of the marble acts as a whisk and helps the butter to churn. You can do it without the marble, it just takes longer. At first the cream will thicken to whipped cream, then it will get even thicker. After about 5 mins you will hear sloshing in the jar - give it a few more vigorous shakes, and that's the butter churned.
- Scrape out the contents into a sieve sitting over a bowl - the liquid that drains out is buttermilk (which can be kept and used for baking or in pancakes), and the fatty solid in the sieve is the butter.
- With clean hands, squeeze the butter between your fingers over the sieve to squeeze out any more buttermilk, while working it into a ball. 'Wash' the butter in a bowl of ice-cold water to get rid of any residual buttermilk.
- To make brandy butter, beat the sugar and a small pinch of salt into the butter, then work in the brandy 1 tbsp at a time. Will keep in the fridge for up to one week.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 475 calories, Fat 40 grams fat, SaturatedFat 25 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 20 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 20 grams sugar, Protein 1 grams protein, Sodium 0.1 milligram of sodium
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