🧈 MAKE IT YA DAMN SELF: BUTTER
🧈 MAKE IT YA DAMN SELF: BUTTER
Yes, butter. From scratch.
Because you're not basic, and neither is your toast.
💋 What You’ll Need:
1 pint of heavy cream (the real deal—full fat, no weird stuff)
A jar with a lid or a stand mixer
A pinch of salt (unless you're into the unsalted life—no shade)
🎶 Shake It Like You Mean It:
Pour the cream into your jar. Leave room to move.
Close it up and get ready to shake. HARD.
Shake it out—first it’ll feel like whipped cream, then boom: the cream splits.
Strain off the liquid (save that buttermilk, babe).
Rinse the butter under cold water and press out any extra liquid.
Salt it, store it, slather it.
💡 Pro Tips from Chef Asia:
Don’t wanna shake? Let your mixer do the work. Ain’t no shame.
Wanna flex? Stir in garlic, herbs, or honey.
That buttermilk? Save it. Pancakes will thank you later.
Look at you. Making butter like somebody’s badass auntie/uncle.
More scratch-made goodness coming soon—because you can make it ya damn self.
🥛 MAKE IT YA DAMN SELF: BUTTERMILK
🥛 MAKE IT YA DAMN SELF: BUTTERMILK
Remember that cloudy liquid you got after making butter?
Yeah, that wasn’t trash. That was BUTTERMILK—and she deserves some damn respect.
💭 Wait… What Is Buttermilk?
Traditionally, it’s what’s left after you shake heavy cream into butter. Tangy, slightly creamy, and magic in baked goods.
But if you don’t have time to churn your own butter (I get it, we’re busy), you can whip up a quick version with stuff already in your fridge.
✌🏽 Two Ways to Make It:
1. The OG Way (From Your Homemade Butter):
After your butter separates, strain out the leftover liquid.
That’s your real-deal buttermilk.
Store it in the fridge and use within 3–4 days.
Don’t even think about tossing it.
2. The Quickie (For the Weeknight Warriors):
1 cup whole milk
1 tablespoon white vinegar or lemon juice
→ Stir it together, let it sit for 10 minutes. Boom. Buttermilk. Ready to werk.
🍳 How to Use It (aka Why You Need This in Your Life):
Biscuits that don’t play.
Pancakes with fluff and flex.
Fried chicken that makes people propose.
Chocolate cake with depth and drama.
⚠️ Friendly Reminder:
Buttermilk isn’t a backup dancer—it’s the main character in so many scratch-made bangers.
So next time you make butter or need a dairy glow-up, remember:
You can make it ya damn self. Period.
