How To Make Your Own Butter | Bon Appétit

Store-bought butter comes in all types, shapes, and sizes but there's something unmistakably satisfying (and delicious) about making your own at home. Flavor scientist Arielle Johnson demonstrates precisely how to make it happen in your own kitchen, explaining in detail each step of turning liquid dairy into flavorful, spreadable butter.




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[thezachman]

such a simple, intimate and educational build-up to that simple moment of her spreading the piece of toast and taking a bite. that's awesome. never wanted to make butter before this very moment

[starkat]

So funny this video just came out, my grandfather-in-law showed me his process of making butter just last weekend! He had a wooden "dish" sort of thing that he used to wash it, since butter doesn't stick to hard woods. (he did soak it in cold water, too). The dish was designed to knead the butter on one side, while you could run cold water over it and tip the water out the other side. I'm explaining it terribly, but anyway, love the video with the science behind it!!!

[Getpojke]

Good video & butter making is fun.
Would have been nice if you'd given some rough times as to length of lactic fermentation & most effective temperatures though? "...a nice long nap somewhere warm..." Doesn't let beginners know whether it should be half an hour, 12 hours or a week!
Making flavoured butters is good too, maybe making various compound butters could be the next video for Arielle?

[eafarrar]

Fun fact: Some wines undergo a secondary lactic acid fermentation and create diacetyl -- this leads to the "buttery" character in some chardonnays, for example.

[GemBonhamHorton]

Love the in-depth information in this video! More videos like this please I love food science

[pajolee]

Now I want some toasted crusty sourdough, with a nice heap of butter... 🤤

[megangeiger]

Is it wrong that this butter churning process is like the most satisfying thing I’ve witnessed this week?

[toxichammertoe]

I remember I was trying to make whip cream, I winded up accidentally making butter🤣

[RijackiTorment]

One word, YUM!
Fresh butter is amazing and, I agree, magic.

[georgiabrook]

Loved this video! Please do more like this. I love the scientific aspect to it

[RaiderGraf]

Wow, really enjoyed this concept!
Please keep them coming, love the in depth look

[sargundhillon]

OMG, y'all hired Arielle Johnson! Awesome.

[sxd-]

Just to be clear... there's no actual regular whole milk in this even though it says milk is one of the raw ingredients. I feel like it should really say Heavy Cream and Buttermilk as the raw ingredients at 0:58

[paulinejulien]

I'm moving to a new house that's near a farm that produces fresh milk in the UK, so I'll definitely try to make my own butter :D

[audreona]

So how long is the fermentation process?

[leighgrossmann]

This video was so informative and calming. I need more

[jenniegutierrez]

Butter is magic 💖 awesome video Arielle !

[johnjohnson]

I’m sitting here watching this and I’m having a baked potato with butter and sour cream. So enjoyable!!

[ann-marie]

Love the scientific approach! So different to other butter videos 😊

[tripreed]

I liked this video, though it could have used more detail. Telling how long to ferment the cream would have been helpful, and also demonstrating how to wash the butter would have also been helpful. My understanding is that it requires more kneading than shown in order to get the buttermilk out.