Basil butter; easy to prepare and great to use in many different ways: spread on bruschette or canapés, for an appetizer or an aperitif, or to flavor meat, fish, or vegetable dishes.
Have you ever wondered how to make butter at home? Making butter at home is very easy. All you need are electric beaters and 500 ml (about 2 cups) of fresh cream, the kind you find in the refrigerated section
We just need to whip the cream with the electric beaters or with a mixer.
The preparation of homemade butter takes about 20 minutes, during which you need to whip the cream, let it overwhip, and continue beating until the solid part separates from the liquid part.
The solid part is the butter, which we need to pat dry and then compact in a mold. The liquid part left at the bottom is the buttermilk, which we can use in many sweet and savory recipes.
But now let’s go to the kitchen and I’ll show you how to make Basil Butter
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Cheap
- Preparation time: 20 Minutes
- Portions: 200
- Cooking methods: No cooking
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
Ingredients
LET’S SEE TOGETHER WHAT WE NEED TO PREPARE
- 2 cups fresh liquid cream
- 0.7 oz basil
Tools
- 1 Salad Bowl
- 1 Hand Mixer
Steps
Let’s start preparing
Let’s start preparing the basil butter: wash the basil leaves, and dry them.
Finely chop the basil with a knife.
Pour the fresh liquid cream into a bowl and add the chopped basil.
Start whipping the cream with basil with the electric beaters.
Continue to whip the cream until it breaks. Continue further until the fat and solid part of the mixture sticks to the beaters. The liquid part remaining at the bottom is the buttermilk
Take the butter with your hands and squeeze it well to remove all excess buttermilk.
At this point, the basil butter is already ready, and you can shape it as you like.
Marge’s Tips
The basil butter can be stored in the fridge, well covered with plastic wrap or inside a food container, and will keep well for about a month.
The basil butter can be stored in the fridge, well covered with plastic wrap or inside a food container, and will keep well for about a month.
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