Homemade Butter

Had some leftover Heavy Cream and decided to make some butter.

Ingredients

Heavy Cream

Salt

Directions

Pour the Heavy Cream into a stand mixer and add salt to taste- about 1/4-1/2 tsp per 1-2 c. of Heavy Cream.  Turn mixer on high and let it go!  After about 3-4 minutes, the Heavy Cream will have turned into Whipped Cream.  What you are waiting for the Heavy Cream to turn into a thick consistency and then it will break apart into Buttermilk and Butter.  For mine, this took about 20 minutes.

I emptied the mixture into a tupperware container and now you want to get rid of the liquid.  Pour out as much as you can without dumping the solids- the Butter.  Scrape out the butter and squeeze the remaining liquid out of the Butter.  Run it under cold water- continuing to squeeze out the liquid and shape it in a ball.  Refrigerate.

Potato Pancakes

Ingredients

2 c. Mashed Potatoes
2 Eggs
1 c. Flour
1/4 c. Green Onions- chopped
1 tsp. Garlic Powder
1 tsp. Season Salt
1/2 c. Vegetable Oil

Directions

In a food processor, combine Mashed Potatoes, Eggs, 1/3 c. Flour, and Green Onions.  On a plate combine the remaining Flour with the Garlic Powder and Season Salt.

This is wear it gets messy.

Coat your hands with the flour and pick up about 1/3 c. of the potato mixture- form into a ball and roll the ball in the flour.  Prep the remaining potatoes into balls.

Heat the oil in a deep pan on the stove, med-high heat.  Put the balls into the skillet.  Use a spatula to press the balls into patties.  Cook on each side until golden brown- at least 5 minutes per side.

Thanksgiving- The Leftover Edition

What to do with all those leftovers:

• MASHED POTATOES
• Gnocchi  
• Potato Pancakes
• MASHED SWEET POTATOES
• Sweet Potato Biscuits- I made these earlier in the week.  Turned out really good.  I split them and added prosciutto and dijon mustard.
  
• STUFFING
• Eggs Benedict
• HEAVY CREAM
• Butter