Butter is one of those things that is so easy to make and so much better homemade. Even better, you can add stuff to it (garlic butter, anyone?). And if you're trying to make caramel whipped cream but for some reason it surpasses the whipped cream stage and moves right on into butter - like what happened to my boyfriend's dad and sister - it's alright because it turns out that caramel butter is awesome. It's not too sweet or flavorful, so you can use it on savory foods as well as sweet ones. Like a grilled cheese, for instance. The butter's just sweet enough to bring out the savory flavors without being gross. At the same time, though, it's sweet enough to put on toast with jam. Or pancakes. Man, I'm hungry...
Anyway, I had some cream that I wanted to use up because it was going to go bad one day if I didn't, so I threw it in my food processor and started whirring. Somewhere just before the whipped cream stage, I realized I had some caramel and I decided to throw that in for a happy-accident-reenactment of sorts. And lucky for you guys (is anyone even out there?) I thought to take pictures throughout the process, so here is a recipe with step-by-step photos:
Caramel Butter
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
about 3-4 tablespoons caramel
Put all of your ingredients in a food processor, blender, or bowl with a mixer. Keep in mind that the cream becomes foamy and expands as it is churned, so you need to leave extra room in your processor/blender/bowl. This is the whipped cream stage:
Churn the cream until the buttermilk separates from the fat (past the whipped cream phase). Once the buttermilk has separated, pour all of the contents into a strainer set over a bowl. Using a spoon, gently squeeze the buttermilk out of the butter and reserve it in the bowl.
The separated butter and its buttermilk:
Transfer the butter to a piece of waxed paper and roll it up to form a log (you can also pack it into a small container if you prefer).
The buttermilk can be saved and used in other tasty recipes, like pancakes or buttermilk cake. Or you can drink it straight, that's pretty good too.
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