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Homemade butter in 10 minutes

DIY BUTTER in 10 Minutes or Less! + 2 Bonus Flavoured Butter Recipes

By Tom · Updated

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  • Serves 1045
  • Takes a bit of care

In this easy DIY butter tutorial, I'll guide you through the simple steps to create, creamy butter right in your own kitchen. Plus, I've included two bonus flavoured butter recipes to take your homemade butter to the next level. DIY butter in 10 Minutes or Less. + 2 bonus flavoured butter recipes.

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The recipe

Homemade butter in 10 minutes

In this easy DIY butter tutorial, I'll guide you through the simple steps to create, creamy butter right in your own kitchen.

  • Serves 1045
  • Takes a bit of care

Times and difficulty are our estimates from the method, not stopwatch figures.

Scale
1045 servings
Measurements

Ingredients

To make the butter

Sea salt butter (salted butter)

Garlic parsley & lemon butter

Sun-dried tomato butter

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Method

  1. Step 1

    Pour the double/heavy cream (2 l) into a mixing bowl and whisk in a stand mixer, or you can use an electric hand whisk for this.

  2. Step 2

    Whisk until the fats separate from the buttermilk. The fat is your butter (340 g) and the liquid is the buttermilk.

  3. Step 3

    Squeeze out the excess buttermilk from the butter (340 g).

  4. Step 4

    Fill a bowl with cold water and place the butter (340 g) into it. Wash it and keep refreshing the water until it is clear. This is how to remove the last of the buttermilk which will ultimately help your butter last longer in the fridge.

  5. Step 5

    Wrap your butter (340 g) in greaseproof paper and store in the fridge for up to one week or in the freezer for 3 months.

Sea salt butter (salted butter)

  1. Step 1

    Simply mix the salt into the butter (340 g) before wrapping up and placing into the fridge or freezer.

Garlic parsley & lemon butter

  1. Step 1

    Blanch the parsley (30 g) leaves in boiling water for 10 seconds and immediately refresh in ice water to lock in a vibrant green colour. Squeeze out as much water as possible before using.

  2. Step 2

    Place the butter (340 g), blanched parsley (30 g) leaves, garlic (2 garlic), lemon zest, lemon juice and salt and black pepper into a food processor or you can use an immersion blender for this and blend together until is as smooth as possible.

  3. Step 3

    Wrap it up and place into the fridge for up to 1 week or freezer for up to 3 months.

Sun-dried tomato butter

  1. Step 1

    Place all ingredients into a food processor (or you can use an immersion blender) and Blend until smooth. Wrap it up and place into the fridge for up to 1 week or freezer for up to 3 months.

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Questions people ask

How many does it serve, and can I change that?

As written it serves 1045. Use the scale control on the recipe card to change it: every quantity in the ingredients and inside the method steps updates with it. Seasoning, and anything measured in pinches or splashes, is deliberately left alone.

Can I see the ingredients in ounces and pints?

Yes. The metric and imperial switch on the recipe card converts every quantity, rounded to amounts you can actually weigh or measure rather than to four decimal places. Your choice is remembered for every recipe on the site.

Can I cook it ahead?

This one sits in the batch cooking group, which means it was picked for cooking in quantity rather than eaten straight from the pan. Cool it quickly, and freeze it in the portion sizes you will actually want later.

Is it vegetarian?

Yes, as written. If you are cooking for a strict vegetarian, the one to check is the cheese: several hard cheeses are made with animal rennet.