Butter refers to dairy products and is made from cow’s milk, or rather from cream. Butter is whipped in special apparatuses, where milk is poured. However, butter can be prepared at home.
How to Make Butter Using a Mixer?
Chilled cream of 33% fat content (or more) is whipped in a mixer at maximum power for 10 minutes. 400 ml of cream should make about 150 g of butter.
The liquid separated during this time is drained, and the oily mass is whipped in the same mode for up to 5 minutes.
The liquid separation and whipping cycle is repeated again for 2-3 minutes until the mass is compacted.
The resulting oil is collected with a spoon into a “bun” and slightly crushed. Such a bun should “rest” a little to release some more excess fluid.
Then the butter lump is rolled out on parchment and salted to taste. You can add finely chopped herbs or spices to it. To mix well, it is folded in half several times and rolled out again. In addition to mixing, it is possible to get rid of moisture residues in this way.
How to Make Butter Without Devices?
The butter recipe is very simple:
We take a three-liter jar, pour cream into it (at least 30% fat content) by about 1/3 (a larger amount will be more difficult to beat).
Next, you need to close the jar very tightly and start shaking it with your hands so that the cream inside is actively moving, splashing and bubbling (Turn the jar horizontally and shake with two hands from left to right).
The process takes about 1 hour, it all depends on your physical fitness.
The work is quite masculine, painstaking, time-consuming, but the butter eventually turns out to be very tender and delicious. It is very difficult to find such butter in the store.
Types of Butter
Sour butter
Sweet butter
Amateur butter
Butter with different fillers: cocoa, honey, vanilla (this includes chocolate butter)
What is Contained in Butter?
In addition to a large amount of fat, butter contains vitamins A, D. Butter contains proteins, carbohydrates, minerals and water. It contains carotene and tocopherols.
Butter is the main product for the preparation of ghee. Ghee is simply melted butter. Ghee has an advantage over ordinary butter – it is stored longer.
Where is Butter Used?
Butter is a mandatory component of French cuisine. Real French chefs do not recognize any other butter except butter. In France, butter is part of many desserts, meat and fish dishes, sauces, gravies, pastries. Traditional cake cream is also made from butter and sugar.
I continue to introduce you to the Slovak national cuisine. Today they treat you to honey cakes, which are forbidden at Christmas. Fragrant, ruddy. They pack them in beautiful boxes and give them to friends and relatives. You can bake them in advance, the gingerbread is perfectly stored.
Cupcakes are great pastries, they are prepared simply, stored for a long time and look beautiful on the table! New Year’s cupcakes are more fragrant, tastier and more beautiful than usual.
It is customary to prepare sweet dishes for the New Year’s table. Desserts are loved by both adults and children. Cupcakes are a great option for serving portions. The cream can be made from custard chocolate mass and butter. The cream is conveniently applied to cupcakes with a pastry syringe. And you can also decorate the dessert with confectionery sprinkles, which will add magic to New Year’s toys. It turns out a sweet, tender and very tasty New Year’s dessert.
As you know, we have been carefully preparing for the New Year holidays and are preparing products, including preservation, which we do not have in the house. And this is usually corn, green peas. We cook salads, open cans, and then there’s a little bit of everything left in the cans. I offer a delicious, beautiful and hearty breakfast – a creamy omelet with vegetables: green peas, corn, garlic arrows, tomatoes, herbs and pieces of boiled meat. Not troublesome, fast and with excellent results.
A very tasty, rich and simply incomparable dessert that will delight all lovers of chocolate, prunes and nuts, decorate the festive table and bring unearthly pleasure!
Tender, juicy, soft red fish cutlets stuffed with shrimp and herbs. It’s amazing! This dish will rightfully take pride of place on the New Year’s table. Try this!
A very delicate, refined pate with a hint of caramelized onion and an aftertaste of orange peel. Your guests will certainly be delighted with this snack on the New Year’s table.
I suggest cooking bagels with plum filling. The cooking process is very simple, and the result is a lot of small delicious products for a New Year’s tea party.
These cookies look elegant and festive – powdered sugar resembles snow, and jam shines like a candy showcase… And it’s also delicious and can be stored for a long time, so you can cook it a few days before the holiday.
Under such an original name, I saw this snack on the Internet. It’s even strange: why do men need such privileges? I think women will like this dish too. As always, I made adjustments to my taste. And now I’m offering it to you. I hope this dish will decorate your New Year’s table. The dish can be served as a hot appetizer or as a second course. It won’t lose its flavor when it cools down.