* We linked this post at the Hearth and Soul Hop at Hunger and Thirst *
Butter -- it makes everything better. So what could make butter better? Culturing it! Our farmer friends who provide us with delicious raw milk recently fired up their cream separator, which is something we'd been eagerly awaiting for a long time. At our fist opportunity, we picked up half a gallon of the delicious stuff and after using a quart for various other things, we decided it was high time we had some real cultured butter around here. Here's how we did it (Check out Nourishing Traditions for more details):
Update: Here is a really great video about how to make butter from raw milk that I'll be following next time. I think her method is better than this one (I didn't know about washing butter until I watched it), so I'd say try that one first!
