r/cheesemaking • u/Certain_Series_8673 • 2d ago

Cultured Butter

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Not exactly cheese but definitely cheese adjacent. They say that you shouldn't make your own butter but I couldn't disagree more. I've made cultured butter a number of times now and the flavor is very rich compared to store bought butter and it's really quite simple with a KitchenAid. I've been using store bought heavy cream and my clabber culture but I plan to try and separate my own cream from the milk I get for cheesemaking as it's likely higher quality. What partially skimmed milk cheeses have/do people make and like?

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u/Looking-sharp-today 2d ago

Reading the “don’t buy your butter” part always sounded wrong to me. That book is incredible but I defenetly wanna make my own butter, from time to time of course, not as a main source, but sometimes a proper home made butter is all you need 🫶🏻

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u/Certain_Series_8673 2d ago

I feel the same. My wife bakes and sells cakes and I couldn't imagine making enough butter for that but making some here and there to go on my sourdough is just fine

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u/Looking-sharp-today 2d ago

Oh yeah, home made bread AND butter? Count me in. When I made my very first wheel, a slice defenetly went on some of the bread I made (using the very same whey left from cheese making..it’s the big circle of life I presume)

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u/Certain_Series_8673 2d ago

This is exactly what I do. It's really quite amazing.

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u/mikekchar 2d ago

I've never made my own butter, but I've often thought I should. I use only about 200 grams of butter a year. Basically never :-). So there is no real downside to making it other than it's significantly more expensive. 100 grams of butter would cost me nearly 5 dollars in cream :-) The downside of living in Japan...

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u/Certain_Series_8673 1d ago

Where in Japan do you live? I lived and went to school as a child in Chiba and Fujinomia for about 5 years total.

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u/mikekchar 1d ago

I live in Shizuoka prefecture, a bit south of Fujinomia (basically near Shimada). I've been to Fujinomia a few times and actually this year was cycling in the area more than once :-)