I was given a litre and a half of cream that was leftover at work so I used about 500ml to make my own butter which is delicious - just like the Lewis Road butter - but what can I make with the buttermilk other than scones?

sarahb5 - 2019-08-02 23:19:00

A buttermilk jelly might be nice. I have a recipe somewhere for milk jelly, which could be adapted - would you like me to find it?

davidt4 - 2019-08-03 07:33:00

https://www.bite.co.nz/hot-topics/in-season/2732/5-ways-with
-buttermilk/

cosimo - 2019-08-03 07:52:00

I used to make butter from raw jersey cow cream. I saved up the buttermilk to put into smoothies made with frozen fruit and homemade yoghurt

buzzy110 - 2019-08-03 09:52:00

i used to make butter on my grandparents farm when i was a kid. the butter milk was feed to the pigs for xmas hams.

bill-robinson - 2019-08-03 10:49:00

sarahb5 wrote:

I was given a litre and a half of cream that was leftover at work so I used about 500ml to make my own butter which is delicious - just like the Lewis Road butter - but what can I make with the buttermilk other than scones?

...how did you make it. recipe please. thx

korbo - 2019-08-03 10:58:00

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korbo - 2019-08-03 10:58:00

korbo wrote:

...how did you make it. recipe please. thx

Just beat the cream with my stick whisk until the butter and butter milk separated, added a pinch of salt and voila - butter - its delicious and free! I think I will use the butter milk to soak some chicken for fried chicken - I remember now seeing that on TV and I have some great seasoning too.

sarahb5 - 2019-08-03 11:40:00

Perfect in a waffle batter...

oh_hunnihunni - 2019-08-03 11:59:00

oh_hunnihunni wrote:

Perfect in a waffle batter...

I don't have a waffle iron - I did consider making pancakes but I'm not very good at cooking them

Edited by sarahb5 at 5:29 pm, Sat 3 Aug

sarahb5 - 2019-08-03 17:28:00

Has to be cheaper than buying a block of butter.???thanks sarahb

korbo - 2019-08-03 17:29:00

korbo wrote:

Has to be cheaper than buying a block of butter.???thanks sarahb

Well it was free cream so yep, very good value

sarahb5 - 2019-08-03 17:33:00

sarahb5 wrote:

I don't have a waffle iron - I did consider making pancakes but I'm not very good at cooking them

I have been using this recipe (link below) for pancakes made with buttermilk for years, super easy and a great recipe. I do cut down on the sugar as a little sweet for us
https://topsecretrecipes.com/ihop-pancakes-copycat-recipe.ht
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Edited by nauru at 7:14 pm, Sat 3 Aug

nauru - 2019-08-03 19:13:00

does "homemade" butter turn yellow ?

flagheaven - 2019-08-03 21:45:00

flagheaven wrote:

does "homemade" butter turn yellow ?

Yes it does - looks and tastes just like the real thing, very creamy

sarahb5 - 2019-08-03 22:11:00

korbo wrote:

Has to be cheaper than buying a block of butter.???thanks sarahb

No. It is not cheaper. At least half of the cream is 'whey' and separates out of the butter during the making.

Sarahb4 didn't say so, but it is better to wash the butter then squeeze between butter pats to make it into a solid block and get out the remainder of the 'whey' and water.

buzzy110 - 2019-08-04 16:29:00

buzzy110 wrote:

No. It is not cheaper. At least half of the cream is 'whey' and separates out of the butter during the making.

Sarahb4 didn't say so, but it is better to wash the butter then squeeze between butter pats to make it into a solid block and get out the remainder of the 'whey' and water.

That's because I didn't wash it and nor did I squeeze it between butter pats - just strained it through a new chux cloth and squashed it into a glass jar

sarahb5 - 2019-08-04 16:32:00

If you didn't wash it and get the whey out...it will go rancid faster so use it quickly. I speak from experience

poohbear1081 - 2019-08-04 18:50:00

poohbear1081 wrote:

If you didn't wash it and get the whey out...it will go rancid faster so use it quickly. I speak from experience

I have pretty much used it already - just for clarity though how do you wash butter?

sarahb5 - 2019-08-04 19:29:00