Cowboy Butter Recipe (2024)

FAQs

Why did my cowboy butter separate? ›

The mixture is separating: If your cowboy butter is separating, it may be because the butter and other ingredients were not mixed together well enough. Try mixing the butter and other ingredients together again using a hand-held whisk and place the bowl inside another bowl of ice water.

How Did Cowboy Butter Get Its Name? While it appears that not a soul knows for sure, there's a rumor that cowboy butter was born at Mr. Donahue's—a now-shuttered NYC restaurant once known for its Southern-style offerings.

Here's the bottom line: Butter is simply heavy or whipping cream that's been whipped beyond its comfort zone and broken down into solid butter and liquid buttermilk. So however you make whipped cream, do it — and keep on going until the cream separates.

Sometimes, melted butter will be dispersed in the cream and won't separate. This happens if you churn butter in a hot or humid climate. Refrigerate the bowl with its contents for an hour or so. Upon refrigerating, you should see layers of butter floating on the buttermilk as the melted butterfat solidifies.

Put stick butter cold into a pot and melted on lowest setting.

(dated, derogatory) Margarine. (dated, Caribbean) The avocado fruit.

Restaurants put butter on steaks to add moisture and flavor as well as improve their appearance.

Craving a grilled steak but don't have a grill, or can't fire it up during the winter months? Bring out the cast iron skillet and butter! By basting (spooning hot butter) your steak on a hot skillet, you'll get an evenly seared, golden-brown crust.

The best option would be fresh, raw cream from pastured Jersey cows. Milk from Jersey cows has the highest fat content, which is why they are primarily dairy cattle. In addition, the fat in their milk has larger globules in it which makes it perfect for churning butter.

Butter isn't that expensive — it's about $3 per pound at the wholesale level. Cream costs roughly $3.50 for 16 ounces, or less if you buy a larger carton. That means the price of making your own butter isn't much more than buying it in the store, and often you can get organic cream cheaper than organic butter.

What is the butter at Texas Roadhouse made of? ›

Compound butter is simply unsalted butter mixed with other ingredients and this Texas Roadhouse butter is no exception - using cinnamon and honey with powdered sugar as the main flavor contributors.

This happens when there's too much fat or liquid in the mixture. This can happen when there are not enough emulsifiers (which help keep your ingredients together). Sauces are usually made from multiple ingredients that include both oil and water. Oils and water will naturally separate.

Another tip, if the sugar and butter mixture appears slightly curdled, the butter was likely too warm or was beaten for too long. If that happens, don't worry. You can refrigerate the mixture for 5-10 minutes without risking the integrity of your recipe. After it regains some firmness, beat the mixture until creamy.

Take your time. In sauce where fat is added, most recipes call for it to be drizzled in slowly. In the case of mayonnaise or hollandaise, adding the oil or butter too quickly will "split" or break the sauce. Adding the fat in too quickly is the most common mistake when it comes to making these two sauces in particular.