Vegan Butter

What is Vegan Butter

If you are interested in making your own mouth watering vegan butter. Then this is butter vegan is great and well tasted as you buy it in the store. It has simple ingredients to save money if you frequently snap up vegan butter recipe.

Getting Started: Cultured Cashew Cream

In starting we need to prepare cultured cashew cream, which will be used for our dairy free butter. Here is what you need:

1 cup of raw cashews

Soak cashews in water for a few hours or a night to keep them soft. You can also use almonds with cashews if you use almonds make sure to peel off the skin first. You can also buy blanched sliced almonds.

If you prefer not to use nuts, try the sunflower seeds without their shells. I believe it will alter the butter’s flavor. Dip your nuts or seeds in water for night. 

Empty and thoroughly clean the water after soaking. Add a cup of water to the nuts or seeds and combine with a blender. Blend everything properly non dairy butter till it becomes smooth.

Culturing the Cashew Cream

Now we need to ferment the cashew cream. The expensive cultured plant based butter has a somewhat sour flavor that is enhanced by this. Next introduce a beneficial bacteria or you can use one or two probiotic capsules or unsweetened vegan yogurt. 

Envelope the mixture for about 3 to 4 days for fermentation. Check the taste or flavor sometimes. Then proceed to the next step.

For speeding up the process you can use an instant pot using the yogurt setting. Add cashew cream in the pot. Set the pan on a stand over some water. Await the initiation of culture for eight to ten hours.

If you are in a rush , use unsweetened vegan yogurt for making your cashew cream. But it can change the taste of your butter. You can try different options but I would say you can make your own cashew cream for better flavor.

Blending the Butter

When your culture is sour enough, you can blend it with the other ingredients. You will need two kinds of oil:  

First is refined coconut oil. It has no smell or taste because it is cleaned. Even at normal temperature levels, it may strengthen your vegan butter substitute. Second is neutral flavored vegetable oil or substitute coconut oil for butter. Its butter might become smooth and silky using this oil. If you do not, butter should be hard.

We can also use sunflower or soy lecithin. This makes the cashew cream over mixed together. You can also buy it at healthy food stores. 

Salt is a totally optional thing you can add some oil. But it is better not to add. Adding a little salt makes it taste better.

Comparison Table

Feature	Vegan Butter	Vegan Mayo
Ingredients	Plant-based oils, soy.	Aquafaba or soy milk, oil.
Texture	Smooth, spreadable	Light, thick
Flavor	Rich, buttery	Tangy, creamy

How to get butter to room temp

Put the butter into the refrigerator to harden it. If you want to bake with butter, freeze it in half a cup. Or if you want it for spreading or cooking store it into a glass container. 

Conclusion

Now it is the perfect moment to make your own flavored butter by mixing in herbs, garlic, cinnamon or sugar. You can try different ingredients or taste you enjoy most. 

Making vegetarian butter at home is as simple as it seems. You can make according to your own choice or country crock plant butter ingredients that suits you. Also it can save time or money. You must try making this vegan butter and have fun making it.