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Food & crafts => Food processing => Topic started by: SallyintNorth on February 23, 2017, 01:45:42 pm
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Anyone got a domestic butter churn? I've always just made butter for two in a jam jar before, but we are on a slightly larger scale here.
Has anyone tried the Kilner ones? http://www.johnlewis.com/kilner-butter-churner/p2005552?sku=234424514&s_kwcid=2dx92700016658220913&tmad=c&tmcampid=2&gclid=COzn_dSsptICFYXnGwodI-QCvw&gclsrc=aw.ds (http://www.johnlewis.com/kilner-butter-churner/p2005552?sku=234424514&s_kwcid=2dx92700016658220913&tmad=c&tmcampid=2&gclid=COzn_dSsptICFYXnGwodI-QCvw&gclsrc=aw.ds)
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Not used a butter churner but I can do a bit larger amount in my food mixer. Works very well and is quicker too.
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Much the same as Bionic we use our kitchen aid and the beater.
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Well, we have a kitchen aid here, I shall have to give it a go! Which beater do you use? And can you get the butter properly clean in the mixer?
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Well, mine is a kitchen aid too :-)
I just use the normal beater that looks a bit like a Mercedes sign. It separates very well but I drain the buttermilk and wash the butter separately under the tap. I then pat it about a bit with my butter paddles to get the excess water out and wipe with kitchen roll.
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Well, mine is a kitchen aid too :-)
I just use the normal beater that looks a bit like a Mercedes sign. It separates very well but I drain the buttermilk and wash the butter separately under the tap. I then pat it about a bit with my butter paddles to get the excess water out and wipe with kitchen roll.
K beater :)
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Clear as mud ??? :roflanim:
Will look at beaters and see if either look like a Mercedes sign (had to Google :D) or a K. And/or just have a go.
And do you wash your butter in the mixer, [member=74405]greenbeast[/member] ? Or under the tap, like Bionic?
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ha ha, sorry not made any butter yet (my Jersey is only 3 months old :P
Just interjecting with the beater name as i have a kenwood
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We used the whisk with the kitchen aid but trial and error is best, we washed it through with the kitchen aid a couple of times and then by hand.
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I just use my normal (John Lewis) hand-held mixer to make butter from my excess goats cream. Drain off buttermilk, add water, give it another stir/churn with the mixer, drain, repeat a few times. Then use a wooden spoon to squeeze out the excess water. I then freeze in smallish portions, as my cream is not pasteurised. If the cream as maybe a bit older before churning I usually salt, but I prefer unsalted butter.