Butter is packed with Vitamin A. Vitamin A is vital for the health of our eyes, skins, tissues, membranes, and teeth. It plays a role in gene transcription. Butter consists of mostly short and medium chain fatty acids. These fatty acids can protect against cancer.
How to Make Organic Butter
Ingredients
- 2 cups organic heavy cream
- sea salt, to taste
Note: HHL recommends you use raw organic heavy cream if available
Method
Pour cream into food processor and process for about 10 minutes. This method is slightly longer if you want to do it in 5 min or less watch the video below. It will turn to a thick whipped cream first.
- Continue processing until it turns grainy and separate into butter and buttermilk. Drain buttermilk from butter.
- Scrape butter from the sides. Put in a clean bowl. Place your butter into a colander and strain off the buttermilk.
- Rinse the butter with cold water, gently turning the butter with a spoon while the cold water runs over it until the water runs clear.
- When the butter is clean, squeeze more liquid from butter using wooden paddles or spoons to smash butter and pour off liquid.
- You can keep it in a jar or bowl, and store it in the fridge, or the freezer. This type of butter can last for several months before going bad.
You can also make amazing compound butter which kids love. According to MotherEarthLiving.com these are some fun combos to try with softened, unsalted butter:
- Lemon zest and snipped parsley
- Snipped fresh Thai basil, chopped garlic, and chopped, drained, pickled ginger
- Crumbled feta cheese and chopped kalamata olives
- Grated Parmesan cheese and snipped fresh basil
- Grated ginger and sesame oil
- Snipped fresh cilantro, lime zest, and Sriracha, or hot sauce
- Coarsely ground black pepper and sea salt
How to Make Butter in a Jar in less than 5 minutes:
Article originally published on Living Traditionally republished with permission.
