What's in your Butter?

For those who know me well, you will already know that I enjoy butter. Now I don't use it on everything nor do I use it all of the time. But I can tell when my butter has been altered or is missing something.

So what is required to make butter? That's simple.... cream!

That's it, nothing else, unless you want to salt the butter for a bit of extra flavor.

Now, if that's all this is required to make butter, why do we find things like "natural flavors," among other things, listed as ingredients in butter? One would think the quality of the cream used would in itself provide enough flavor to make butter. Apparently I was wrong.

Luckily there are some companies out there which take the time to find cream of such quality that nothing else is needed, except perhaps adding a bit of salt for some additional flavor. One such company is Coombe Castle.

Coombe Castle is a family run export business based in Wiltshire, in South West England. For over 30 years, they have been exporting cheese and cream worldwide. They source their cheese and cream from both small local dairies as well as larger creameries, depending their customer needs.

Their Double Devon butter is made at a small dairy based in Devon using double devon cream and is nothing short of heavenly. It is made in the traditional butter vats and is still hand wrapped.

Double Devon cream, the next most famous English cream after clotted cream, is a thick freshly pasteurized cream of 48% milk fat with a distinctive flavor. Using such rich cream produces a butter unlike any other. It's smooth, creamy and slightly sweet. It is without a doubt the ideal accompaniment to any dish requiring butter.

For me, this is a butter which deserves to stand on its own, a butter which deserves to be highlighted in a meal, or even a light snack. For me, its perfect place is on the table, when ever butter is called for to add to the flavor of any dish, from pancakes, to toast.

Just writing this has my mouth watering...

More information about Coombe Castle and their products can be found at Coombe Castle.

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