CannaButter recipe
Use your crock-pot; start off on high (@300
degrees F) with 2 cups of water per stick and 1/3 of butter. This will
yield about a stick or a bit more (1/2 cup) because some is lost during
the filtering process.
Now add the bud -- in this case about a quarter of finely chopped prime
outdoor AK47 cross. Don't forget those stems as they contribute too!
You can use up to a ½ oz of bud per stick, or even more trim -- up to 2
or more ozs. Just be SURE to increase the water as you increase the
amount of plant material.
Cook on high, stirring and mashing occasionally, for about 3 hours.
Then reduce the heat to low (@ 150 degrees F) for a further 3 more
hours. This will yield a dark oily liquid with the wet mass of leaf
material mixed in.
To separate the plant matter, go to Walmart (or any fabric store) and
purchase a length of cheesecloth -- it is cheap. Attach a TRIPLE LAYER
of cheesecloth to a plastic cup large enough to hold the entire
contents of the crock-pot -- be SURE the cup is large enough BEFORE you
begin to pour!
Try to pour just the liquid through the
cheesecloth, but invariably, some plant matter will fall onto the cloth
-- no worries -- keep pouring. When all of the liquid is poured, use a
wooden spoon or something similar and SLIGHTLY mash the plant matter in
the pot and the top of the cheesecloth to squeeze as much butter as you
can out of the material.... DO NOT SQEEZE TOO MUCH... just a bit... too
much squeezing will put WAY TOO MUCH nasty MJ taste into the butter and
WILL NOT improve the potency!
Set the cup in the refrigerator (NOT the freezer!) for a couple of
hours -- the butter will gradually rise to the top of the water and
harden into a greenish cake. Doing a good job of filtering will reduce
the green shade, approaching a yellow, butter like color. This is GOOD!
Note this fresh, hot batch, I find that a pasta keeper is the
best thing to use because it gradually widens toward the top -- this
allows for easier removal.
Once the butter is VERY firm, take the cup out and stand over your
sink. Hold your one hand over the top of the cup and invert the cup.
The plug of butter will stay in the cup and hold the water in as well.
Squeeze the sides of the cup (this is WHY you use a PLASTIC cup to
begin with!) in the wastewater area, to coax the butter plug out the
top. Carefully rinse any silty green slime off of the bottom of the
butter plug -- this stuff is NASTY and contributes 90% of the icky
taste.
If care was taken, the view form the ?water side? of the plug should
yield similar to the one shown.
Here?s the 'air side' view of the same plug up close. You will never be
able to clear the dark green color caused by the minute
solution-suspended particles of plant matter (if you do, PLEASE share
with me!), but the golden color edge is almost completely clear of the
green matter -- ideal.
And finally, a shot of the cake re-melted (about 30 seconds to 1 min in
the microwave) and ready for use in your favorite recipe! Even though
the liquid has a dark green cast to it, it?s still almost free of plant
matter... Enjoy!