Thermomix Butter - photos

[faffa_70]

my pleasure  as I tell my customers, don't be surprised if you suffer information overload when I leave after your delivery ... That is why you have my number  There is so much to learn and remember from the beginning 

[jkmt]

I didn't know that about the butterfly either. Thanks JD.

In terms of spreadable butter, I've found that mixing just 50gm of olive oil into my butter after rinsing is enough to have a fairly spreadable butter straight from the fridge. I'm happy with the taste at that level of oil. I start with 600ml of cream, and end up with a decor tub of butter (somewhere over 300gm, but i've never been very precise about weighing it, but it's about the same size as a normal bought tub of butter).

I've having lots of trouble getting pure cream at the moment. The fridge sections at many of my local supermarkets seems to be pretty scant on this at the moment, but still have plenty of thickened cream. Is anyone else having this problem?

[quirkycooking]

So did you guys try my spreadable butter JD & JO? Wondering how you went. If you don't like the olive oil taste (which is faint, but some don't like it) you can use grapeseed/macadamia oil instead - something mild. It's such a money-saver adding oil AND water! And works beautifully!

[judydawn]

Not yet Jo, like jkmt, my local supermarket doesn't have a lot to choose from in the pure cream section - 300ml containers only and very expensive at that.  I need to look around when I go to a bigger shopping centre which will hopefully be before I run out of my stock on hand. I did intend using grapeseed oil.

[JulieO]

I did make it yesterday but haven't tried it on anything yet.  Doing a bit of a taste test all I could taste was the oil (grapeseed), nothing else, but will wait to try it on bread today and report back. 

[quirkycooking]

Might need a tad more salt, JulieO! I usually keep some plain butter in the fridge too for those times when you just really need the flavour or 'real' butter!

[johnro]

Thanks Jo for your spreadable butter.  I made a batch adding extra salt to use for my home ec classes, it worked out more economical than buying the 1 kg margarine tubs in bulk - however I am not about to offer to do the same for all home ec classes. Like most people, I much prefer the real butter, generally adding macadamia oil for home use.    Thanks again for the wealth of info on your blog   

[JulieO]

Finally tried it this morning on our toast.  I couldn't taste the oil once it was on the bread.  As a replacement for margarine this would be perfect with no nasty additives. 

If I still had to make school lunches I wouldn't hesitate having this in the fridge to use as I know my kids wouldn't have worried about it not having a butter taste. 

After chilling in the fridge for the last couple of days it has 'set' to the consistency of margarine. 

So anyone wanting a margarine-type spread without all the rubbish that goes into that, this is a great alternative. 

[judydawn]

Great review Julie, thanks for that. 

[Miranda]

My main problem with making butter is that it is so yumalicious that I keep eating it!!

It certainly impresses friends when I whip up some butter in just a few minutes.

[quirkycooking]

Thanks JulieO & Johnro - yes, that's the beauty of it - easy to spread, and much better for you than margarine! Of course I'd prefer to just eat pure butter (like you Miranda!!) but if I have too much I get headaches, etc, so this works better for me. 

[Meagan]

The best tip I got for the butterfly is always to the leftvof the Thermo symbol.

It should actually be to the right of the Thermo symbol  The blade with the symbol on it should be on your left and the butterfly inserted in gap between the two blades.

depends whether the symbol on the  blade is at the top or the bottom lol

[faffa_70]

The best tip I got for the butterfly is always to the leftvof the Thermo symbol.

It should actually be to the right of the Thermo symbol  The blade with the symbol on it should be on your left and the butterfly inserted in gap between the two blades.

depends whether the symbol on the  blade is at the top or the bottom lol

  LOL true!! Clarification always the best!!!! 

[cookie1]

Ok you two have got me all confused. Not hard to do.
I didn't even know there was a TMX symbol on the blades, I just put my glasses on and had a look and saw it. I've had no trouble putting the butterfly in the smaller space but now I'm confused.

[Twitterpated]

I know what you mean. I read the post and was so confused by the end. Will have a look at it again after a good night's sleep.