Hofmeister wooden butter press, 30 g, heart, made from maple wood

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They’re incredibly delicious and easy to make, and they taste amazing served with lashings of this homemade butter. If you like cooking and eating delicious food and basking in the compliments of family and friends, this site is for you. I was very close with my grandparents growing up, and my grandfather told some stories of growing up on a dairy farm. I mean, I’ve gone to all the trouble to get a milk cow, skim the cream, and turn it into butter, I figured I might as well stay semi-authentic.

I fill a pot or sink with ice water and put the wood mold in it to soak while I am getting the butter ready. As Atlas Obscura notes, "[A]rchaeologists have unearthed molds for shaping foods that date as far back as ancient Babylon. To make the best homemade butter, the more local and unprocessed your butter is, the better the final product will be.Push the plunger down (or up, depending on how you are holding the mold), releasing the body of the molded butter. I love that I can really relate to his stories now, instead of listening to them with a feigned interest. I do all these things with equal passion, which is why I’m sometimes sitting at my laptop with an apron on! Use it to help react with the baking soda or baking powder in your pancakes, waffles, biscuits, quick breads, cakes, and even in dressings, marinades, and more. Just pour your infusion through the stainless steel screen and watch as it effortlessly removes all of the unwanted plant matter from your finished product.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.In all cases, wrapping tightly will protect the butter from the air which reacts to oils in it and turns them sour or rancid (wrapping is easier when you use a butter press! If I want butter and don’t have any immediate use for buttermilk, I use high-fat double cream with around 51% fat. Personalised advertising may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of information under California and other state privacy laws, and you may have a right to opt out. Well, I decided to live on the wild side with mine and just scrubbed it good with hot, soapy water… I know that’s probably not really “deep cleaning” it, but no one has died yet from my butter. The economic sanctions and trade restrictions that apply to your use of the Services are subject to change, so members should check sanctions resources regularly.