Making homemade cultured buttermilk with Fermented Treasures' (FT) all natural buttermilk starter culture is straightforward. With FT live, active buttermilk starter, anyone can easily make enough homemade buttermilk and have plenty of fresh buttermilk on hand for all of his or her buttermilk needs. Once you've made homemade buttermilk with FT buttermilk starter culture, you’ll have to agree the flavor of this mellow, thick and creamy buttermilk is just wonderful and worth the small effort to continue re-culturing the buttermilk on a regular basis to keep the buttermilk culture live and active for perhaps many years. To buy click here.
Here is how to make our homemade buttermilk:
Instructions:
In a small saucepan heat one cup (240 ml) of whole pasteurized milk just to the scalding point 160 degrees F (71 degrees C). Let cool to 79 degrees F (26 degrees C). Pour half of the cooled milk into a freshly cleaned two-cup (480 ml) wide-mouth container such as a pint Mason jar; add buttermilk starter culture and stir. Pour in remaining milk, cover with a tight fitting lid, and shake vigorously to ensure buttermilk culture is completely dissolved and thoroughly dispersed throughout milk. Loosen lid. Place on kitchen counter out of drafts and direct sunlight, leave undisturbed until set, usually 12-18 hours at 68-79 degrees F (20 to 26°C). Buttermilk is set when you gently tilt the jar from side to side and the buttermilk stays firm. Once set, cover with a tight fitting lid and refrigerate for six hours. Culture will continue to set. Then add one cup (240 ml) of fresh buttermilk starter to 4 cups (960 ml) of cold pasteurized milk in a two-quart (1920 ml) jar, culture on kitchen counter as before. Before serving, stir well and remove one cup (240 ml) of buttermilk starter to remake homemade buttermilk. Store in refrigerator until ready to use.
It really is quite simple to make and keep plenty of homemade buttermilk on hand for all of your cooking and beverage needs with FT all natural buttermilk starter culture. For a milder but very pleasant buttermilk flavor try our all-natural Fil Mjolk yogurt/buttermilk starter culture. To buy click here. If you like buttermilk, you're sure to like both our cultured buttermilk and Fil Mjolk starter cultures.. Both may be re-cultured, indefinitely, with your good care. Buy once for a lifetime supply of homemade buttermilk. For buttermilk recipe ideas on cooking with buttermilk click here. For Crème Fraiche recipe click here.
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