Homemade butter

Homemade butter is possibly one of the elements that are most trying to incorporate people into their diet. This is due to several reasons, but the main one is because in this way is fully controlled the fat consumed, as there is the security of knowing what ingredients ready, guaranteeing the quality of the product.

Being one of the most versatile ingredients in the kitchen, butter is used within a variety of dishes, either for spread products or integrate it into them. Despite this, are not many people dare to make this type of culinary preparations, considering them too complicated. However, can never imagine how easy that might be, so pay attention because we will give you a simple recipe so that you can prepare your own homemade butter.

Ingredients

• Cream milk or skimmed milk at room temperature
• Salt
• Water in a cup

Utensils

• Fixed mixer
• Large pot or bowl

Preparation

The preparation of butter is much easier than you think, although now you've realized thanks to the short list of ingredients required. However it might be a little tedious, so we recommend used as a utensil a mixer fixed this way agilizas the process, as the traditional way can take many hours.
Put the cream in the bowl or container that you've used to make butter, remember that the amount of cream will depend on the amount of butter you want to prepare. Once you've put all the cream, you can start to beat her for approximately 15 minutes.
In so far as the cream is taking a firmer texture it will begin to release a white liquid. This liquid is known as serum, and is used to make other recipes, as for example the cottage cheese. However, in the case of homemade butter does not need, therefore If you're not going to use it can dispose of it, pouring it carefully to not spill the milk cream. To optimize the process of discarding the serum, can help you with a spoon and continue whisking while you remove the liquid, tries to get rid of as much as possible, as this will make your butter is smooth and consistent.
Add a little salt, but this is according to your preference, you can skip this step if you prefer to carry a diet low in sodium. Continue beating and add water to help remove the serum. You will have to repeat this process several times, know that this happened is concluded, when the liquid that is released from lard, Crystal. Now try to correct salt and your butter is ready.

Saboriza butter

Not have finished yet, one of the biggest advantages offered by preparing homemade butter is to have the opportunity to saborizarla to our liking. So you can use it to accompany some cookies, add it to a dessert or some other dish, this step will be extremely useful.
It integrates into the Bowl some of these ingredients, depending on the end result you want to have the butter and beat for a few seconds:

• For a fresh taste to accompany any preparation you want to serve immediately can add chopped fresh herbs finely, for example the Basil, thyme, mint, Rosemary, etc.
• To accompany the bread, biscuits or similar products you can add sesame seeds or spinach.
• If you want a more marked or spicy taste, you can use dry pepper or pepper.
• If you are looking for a unique taste, can replace the water with broth of beef or chicken base cooked without oil, also can use soups, dehydrated for this modality.
• To use in sweets, you can add dried fruit, although they can also be cherries, peaches in syrup or chocolate chips.

Some tips

• The cream must be at room temperature to facilitate the mixing process and get a smoother texture.

• The amount of water will depend on the amount of butter you want to prepare and the number of times to take adding water until you eliminate all the whey.

• Remember that If you use fruit for flavor, it is best that you monitor the amount of liquid that will add to the mix, can drain to eliminate the excesses.

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