Making goat milk butter in the blender?

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Hi,

I once read in an old Countryside, can't find it now for the life of me, that you can make butter in a blender. Has anyone done this? I dred using my mixer for 30 mins on it. Thanks in advance for help.

-- Bernice (geminigoats@yahoo.com), March 21, 2002

Answers

I use my blender all the time for butter-making. Works great!! Takes a total of about 20 min. or so...depending on how cold the cream is. My blender is over 20 yrs. old!!

-- Marcia (HrMr@webtv.net), March 21, 2002.

Marcia, do you make sure your cream is at a certain temp before starting to blend it or just dump it in and start blending?

-- chickadee (chickadee@treetops.com), March 21, 2002.

I tried this and mixed for 3 hours using a blender. Even on the lowest speed it was still to fast. I also tried to used a hand help mixer still to fast. I suggest you just use the quart jar method. I like it best.

Jennifer

-- Jennifer (jfisher4@midsouth.rr.com), March 21, 2002.


Oh I also tried it when the cream was really cold and it did not woro. Room Temp, is the best. Jennifer

-- Jennifer (jfisher4@midsouth.rr.com), March 21, 2002.

I usually just let a quart of cream sit on the counter for 20 to 30 min. If it's too cold, it's harder on my blender, but it will work. And we don't care for the slightly soured flavor of butter made from cream that's too warm.

-- Marcia (HrMr@webtv.net), March 21, 2002.


I wonder what to set my vita-mix speed at, in order to do this?

Maybe 10 on variable ( it has a high speed button beyond that speed).

-- Rick in SW West Virginia (Rick_122@hotmail.com), March 21, 2002.


the lowest-slowest setting you have. I use my blender (14 speed) takes me about 10 minutes. Never used my mixer, will have to try it.

-- westbrook (westbrook_farms@yahoo.com), March 21, 2002.

I don't use my blender to make butter from my goats milk cream; I use my kitchen aid mixer with the whipping whisk. The whole process takes about 20 min. with real cold goat cream skimmed from the top of my milk jars. Speed on medium to high- I know I'm close when my cream starts to whip... turns to butter real fast!

-- claudia mc leish (ics@sonnet.com), March 22, 2002.

Claudia...I've thought about using my KitchenAid if my blender died on me someday, but I don't have a "splatter sheild" for my mixer. Do you find that you need one for making butter??

-- Marcia (HrMr@webtv.net), March 22, 2002.

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