Homemade Butter Four Ways
Quick and easy butter recipe ready in under ten minutes
Equipment
- Food Processor or Kitchen Aid
Ingredients
- 16 oz Heavy Cream
- FOR CINNAMON SUGAR BUTTER
- 1/4 cup Brown sugar
- 1 Tbsp Cinnamon
- FOR STEAK HERB BUTTER
- 2 cloves Minced garlic
- 1 tsp Salt
- 5 springs Thyme fresh
- 1 spring Rosemary fresh
- FOR LEMON DILL BUTTER
- 1 Tbsp Dill dried
- Zest of one lemon
- Juice from one lemon
- 1 tsp Salt
- FOR HONEY BUTTER
- 2 Tbsp Honey
Instructions
- To make the butter base, pour heavy cream into either a food processor or stand mixer with a whisk attachment.
- Turn food processor or mixer on high until butter separates from buttermilk. It is a gradual process, and will go through three main stages. It will look like whipped cream, then curdled milk, then it will completely separate. It will be obvious when this happens.
- Strain the buttermilk into a container and either reserve or discard.
- Press the butter against a mesh sieve or squeeze through cheesecloth until no more liquid can be pressed out. Pour ice water over the butter, once it runs clear you are done.
- To make any of the four butters, combine the ingredient with the butter in a bowl and mix. A fork is the best mixing method-or throw it back into the food processor to combine quickly.