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How to make butter?

Preparation materials: 4 kg butter, 500 g water, salt 1 teaspoon.

1. Clean the bought 4kg butter and put it in a basin for later use.

2. Cut the washed butter into pieces, not too small, just four or five centimeters.

3. Pour water into the pot, then pour the chopped butter pieces, add salt, simmer slowly with medium heat, and stir constantly while simmering.

After the water evaporates, you can see the butter coming out.

5, until the butter pieces become golden and small, all the butter pieces float, and the butter is cooked.

6. Remove all the cow oil residue, pour the cooked butter into a big soup bowl, and the butter will be cooked.

Extended data:

Butter is often called butter in Hong Kong and Macao. Similar to extracting lard from pig fat, people use bovine adipose tissue as raw material to extract oil by heating. This butter has a particularly unpleasant smell and can only be used after melting and deodorizing.

Nutrients of butter:

Vitamins: Butter is a rich source of vitamin A, and it is easily absorbed. Butter also contains other fat-soluble vitamins (e, k and d).

2, minerals: butter is rich in trace elements, especially selenium, which is a strong antioxidant. Butter contains more selenium than garlic. Butter also contains iodine, which is necessary for the thyroid gland. (The thyroid gland also needs vitamin A)

3, fatty acids: butter contains quite a lot of butyric acid, which can be used as energy for the large intestine. This fatty acid is also a known anticancer substance. Lauric acid, another medium-chain fatty acid, has antibacterial and antifungal effects. Butter also contains linoleic acid, which has anti-cancer effect. Butter contains a small but balanced proportion of essential fatty acids omega-3 and omega-6.

4. Glycosylated neuropeptide: This is a special fatty acid, which has anti-gastrointestinal infection effect, especially for children and the elderly.

5. Cholesterol: No matter how bad your impression of cholesterol is, cholesterol is necessary to maintain intestinal health, brain and nerve development. Breast milk is rich in saturated oil and cholesterol.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-butter