Follow the steps
1. Pour the double cream in to a jar and fill it for two third.
2. Close the lid
3. Start shaking the jar. After 5 minutes the double cream should be very thick
4. Shaking might be difficult now so wrap the jar in a tea towel and tap it on the floor.
Turn it up and down again while you tap it.
5. At this point the buttermilk should be starting so separate from the butter, drain the buttermilk by squeezing it out with a spoon or spatula. Keep the buttermilk.
6. Try to get out as much buttermilk as you can, keep squeezing until it becomes to look more and more like butter.
7. Pour water into the jar to wash away the last of the buttermilk from the butter.
8. Use your spoon or spatula to squeeze out the remaining water.
9. Now add seasalt and herbs or garlic.
Keep the butter refrigerated.
You can use the buttermilk to bake delicious pancakes
Enjoy
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| butter on speculoos, delicious! |
Home made butter, the best!
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Regula Ysewijn is a food writer, stylist and photographer, with a particular interest in historical recipes. he is a Great Taste Awards judge and a member of The Guild of Food Writers, as well as one of the two judges on 'Bake Off Vlaanderen', the Belgian version of 'The Great British Bake-Off'. A self-confessed Anglophile, she collects old British cookbooks and culinary equipment in order to help with her research. She is the author of 5 books: Pride and Pudding the history of British puddings savoury and sweet, Belgian Café Culture, the National Trust Book of Puddings, Brits Bakboek and Oats in the North, Wheat from the South. 
Whoever said that butter is unhealthy? You should see my biceps after shaking and tapping the jars. But is was loads of fun and the taste is so much better than what you can by of the shelf. Loved it!
Wonderful post Regula! I love the photos, that everything is red! 🙂 I will share your post on Twitter and Facebook!
BTW I love your new blog design too! 🙂
Gorgeous gorgeous…absolutely love this!!!
Love your blog design too…
Thank you ladies! xxx
The new blog design is gorgeous, and this recipe reminds me of my childhood. I'll be trying this soon.
T x
Hi Tracy, thanks! Let me know how the butter making goes 🙂
I had a go at making butter for the first time recently and I was really impressed how easy it was. Butter is so pricey now compared to a few years ago that if you see cream knocked down in the supermarket it's well worth grabbing pots and churning it yourself.
Your pictures with all the graphics and red/white colour combo have real impact, very memorable and distinctive – I love them!
Thanks Sarah!
I was also impressed how easy it was and it made me wonder why people don't make butter more often!
I've never tried making butter, but your post makes me want to attempt it!! I adore your photos – they're stunning and I love the creativity of the annotations!
Thank you Mel, I had fun creating this post!
Where can I find double cream?
Depends where you live, in the UK you can buy it in every supermarket or even better at farmers market.
i've made butter before, but it was by mistake… over-whipped heavy cream in the stand mixer. all i did was add a bit of sea salt and pack it in a glass jar. yummy!
What absolutely gorgeous pictures! I've made homemade butter before, and I love the way you can add different flavours too it. It's also slightly magical watching the cream whip up into butter!
So true, there is magic in butter! It tastes so much better home made!
Never dreamed of making butter, but your photos and recipe make it look doable! L
ps: love the vintage style of the photos!
Oh do try Giulia, it's so easy and the taste is so rewarding!
Oh I love the pictures! and the vintage step-by-step recipe cards! AND especially how your clothes and makeup match all your cutlery and food haha!