Ok so today I got a little creative in the kitchen up here in Wales. First an apple crumble (no skill in that...) then chocolate cake (wicked but i had all the ingredients so couldn't resist it) and then.......BUTTER. To a 21st century modern girl like me I didn't really know you could still MAKE butter - doesn't it just come in plastic boxes already done? Still, having mastered home made bread, jam, chutney and yogurt it seemed like a natural progression. And I didn't even need to invest in any antique butter pats.
Mix the yogurt in with the cream and beat with a food mixer until it goes past the 'whipped cream' stage and looks like yellow lumpy scrambled egg. Keeping beating until you start to see it separating into butter and buttermilk (a milky liquid). I had to call in the muscle to get it to turn....
Squish all the butter together on a wooden board, squeezing out the buttermilk and air bubbles. The buttermilk can be used by Ian to make pancakes for breakfast on Saturday morning...
Roll up the pat of butter in greaseproof paper with layers of salt (or put in a wooden butter mould if you have one). We made about 3 pats like this from 2 pints of cream!
Hey presto - real butter in trendy Cath Kidston butter dish...
One hungry man to test it out on his homemade bread - "it tastes like butter" he said. Mission accomplished...
And one greedy dog to help with the clearing up...
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