Kerrygold - Best butter I have ever eaten!

RRP

Recently I sampled some of this Irish butter at my Kroger store. They were serving it spread on a wafer as if it were an appetizer. MAN is that stuff rich and delicious! So far I've just enjoyed it as a snack and on toast, but any time you want a butter to shine on it's own I highly recommend you try it! They have some flavored types too, but this stuff rocks!
 

Eggcelsior

It's great! I think the key is allowing the milk to start to curdle.

Carolina Q

Ron, have you ever made your own? Easy and very tasty. With your mixer, a piece of cake!

bgebrent

Homemade butter, best use of leftover cream!

RRP

Carolina Q said:

Ron, have you ever made your own? Easy and very tasty. With your mixer, a piece of cake!

Tell me more!

gdenby

Kerrygold is wonderful.

There is butter, and then there is !Butter!.

Check this out.

After watching the above, I happened to find some Vermont Creamery culture butter. Amazing, but pretty expensive. Currently, have some tubs of cultured butter from Nordic Creamery of Wisconsin. Almost as good. On toast, like savory butter, but smooth like cream.  My wife said "That's the problem. After you have something this good, you don't want anything else."

Carolina Q

RRP said:

Carolina Q said:

Ron, have you ever made your own? Easy and very tasty. With your mixer, a piece of cake!

Tell me more!

Go to Youtube and search for How to make butter. I tried to link that search here, but no luck.

RRP

gdenby said:

Kerrygold is wonderful.

There is butter, and then there is !Butter!.

Check this out.

After watching the above, I happened to find some Vermont Creamery culture butter. Amazing, but pretty expensive. Currently, have some tubs of cultured butter from Nordic Creamery of Wisconsin. Almost as good. On toast, like savory butter, but smooth like cream.  My wife said "That's the problem. After you have something this good, you don't want anything else."

I paid right at $5 for 8 ounces so Kerrygold isn't cheap as far as butter goes! 

Focker

Good stuff Ron, worth every penny.  Plugra is another favorite for ghee, and baking. 

caliking

I think Costco used to sell it. May be cheaper than Kroger. 

Wolfpack

It is good- I think Europeans typically add a culture to their butter. Gives it a lot of flavor

Eggcelsior

Leave cream out for around 8 hours until it just starts to turn. Then churn.

RRP

Focker said:

Good stuff Ron.  Plugra is another favorite for ghee. 

Brandon, 
I haven't made ghee in years! I used to literally float my steaks in ghee! Is this Plugra a brand I can find locally you think?

See you in a couple weeks at the Peoria Eggfest June 6th! What ever happened to Staci aka "glitter butt" - you once said she might link up with you and come over. Btw Bettysnephew is also coming from Cedar Rapids.

Focker

RRP said:

Focker said:

Good stuff Ron.  Plugra is another favorite for ghee. 

Brandon, 
I haven't made ghee in years! I used to literally float my steaks in ghee! Is this Plugra a brand I can find locally you think?

See you in a couple weeks at the Peoria Eggfest June 6th! What ever happened to Staci aka "glitter butt" - you once said she might link up with you and come over. Btw Bettysnephew is also coming from Cedar Rapids.

I'm not sure if I've seen Jewel Food stores in P-town, they are out of Chicago.  They run it on sale and I stock up the freezer.  Wallyworld has it too, Schmucks as well.   

Stac has a team bicycle ride that weekend.  Looking forward to seeing you buddy. 

RRP

Focker's post about Plugra took me searching the net regarding both Kerrygold and Plugra. Now I will be shopping tomorrow for some Plugra Eurpoen style to do my own comparison taste testing! 
This has been another eye opening life event for me! Sometimes it just amazes me what culinary rock I have lived under! I always wondered why the butter served at my favorite steakhouse was far superior to the Land of Lakes butter we ate at home. I just assumed it was the ambiance of white linen tablecloths and napkins let alone knowing what the night out was going to cost! 

blukat

@RRP I agree that butter is amazing!  May have to try to make some myself.

Botch

Hah!  You guys just tugged one of my earliest memories!  
I attended kindergarten in East Hartford, Connecticut, in about 1964 or 5.  Our "teechur" poured some cream into a quart glass jar, and we all took one-minute shifts shaking the crap out of the jar, passing it around.
"Teech" then buttered crackers for us all, and I vomited the rest of the afternoon and into the evening.  
I still love butter, and cream, and I even like crackers, but prolly won't be making my own butter any more in this lifetime.  :har!:

Austin Egghead

Plugra is good but we prefer either Kerrygold unsalted or Challenge unsalted.  All make wonderful clarified butter.  Our Costco and Sams carry both the salted and unsalted Kerrygold.  Spring Chicken did a post a couple months ago about making butter from heavy cream. 
Oh, if you like a good cheddar try the Kerrygold versions.  

Mickey

Try the cheese

nolaegghead

I eat butter.  Sometimes I'll put a little cracker on top.

Photo Egg

I made some herb garlic butter with it a couple weeks ago and it was amazing toasted on garlic bread style loaf bread.

Thatgrimguy

I never buy butter anymore. heavy whipping cream on high in my kitchen aid with the whisk. I cover the top with paper towel and when it's wet (happens pretty suddenly after about 8-10 minutes I guess.)  

Cymbaline65

I bought my first KG butter as it was 2 for 1 and you are right, 'tis delicious.

fishlessman

the kerrigold really shines on a good piece of irish soda bread, its pretty much what i buy it for. i think i read somewhere that there is a law that limits the amount of fat here in butter and that butter is way better overseas. theres a place not far from here that whips in a tiny amount of pure maplesyrup in it thats killer on a hot dinner roll, i could go there just for the rolls

dcc

Kerrygold is awesome.  For you Houston folks: Revival Market in the Heights sells a locally made butter.  It is phenomenal. Spread it on one of their pretzel rolls and you'll think you are in heaven

TnJed

Love that stuff. 

berndcrisp

Kerry Gold or Plugra in the butter crock is how I roll. 

johnmitchell

Thanks Ron, just got back from more weekend shopping, picked up some Kerrygold to try.. 

Carolina Q

I think it's important to serve butter at room temp, but I rarely do. That is about to change. I just bought three things; 8 oz of Kerrygold, one qt of heavy cream and a butter crock (the kind you add water to before the butter goes in. I think I have been convinced that butter has gotten a bad rap from a health perspective. Hope so, cuz I'm about to have 1 1/2 lb of it! BTW, 8 oz of KG is $5, the same price as 1 qt of cream which makes 1 lb of butter. Head to head... we'll see.

Dredger

a butter crock (the kind you add water to before the butter goes in.

I've used that style of container for decades. Works great. Thanks RRP for the info on Kerrygold. I have seen it in our local stores, but never noticed that is from grass fed beef. Will pick some up tomorrow.

RRP

Taste tests to start here soon! BTW I also found the Plugra at my Kroger. It was only $3.99 vs. $4.99 for the Kerrygold. From comments made in this thread plus some food blogs I've read it will be a coin flipper!