Making Goats milk butter

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I am thinking of buying a cream seperator to make butter out of my goat's milk. Whew! They are expensive. Can anyone tell me how this butter compares in taste and quality with that made from cow cream? Will any seperator work or do I need a special one? I hate to spend the money and find out that I am not happy with my butter.

-- Tiffani Cappello (Cappello@alltel.net), August 18, 2001

Answers

We have been very happy with our butter from goat's cream. It needs to be tinted if you want color...otherwise it is almost white. Any separator will do, although I seldom use mine any more. I pasturize my milk and put it in wide mouth jars and then scoop the cream off after a couple of days. You can freeze it until you have a nice amount to put in the churn. When I had a much larger herd I used the separator and then I had an electric churn. Makes wonderful butter but I do think you have to be very careful to "wash" it well as it will take an "off" flavor rather fast if the buttermilk isn't worked out of it really good.

-- diane (gardiacaprines@yahoo.com), August 18, 2001.

Like Diane, I put my goat's milk in 1 gal. jars and skim the cream of the top. Takes about a week to get a quart of cream (I only have three milkers right now). Then I put my cream in the blender and let it do the work! Excellent butter...but very white! One quart of cream makes about 1 lb. of butter (approximately).

-- Marcia (HrMr@webtv.net), August 18, 2001.

Tiffany, I take cultured buttermilk from the store as a starter and add 1 cup of buttermilk to 3 cups of goats milk. let sit on counter overnight and when thick put in fridge. When I have 3 quarts I put in my electric butter churn and churn. if it's really hot I put ice around the churn it takes about 45 min. to make butter this way. When finished small flecks will appear on the inside of churn. It will be white unless you color it with a oil based color. This can also be done in a blender using 1 quart. From 3 quarts of buttermilk you get 1/2 cup or so of butter. You now have buttermilk to use for pancakes or biscuits of for buttermilk bread. but remember to save a starter for next butter making session. After several starts you will need to get a new starter from the store. This butter tastes great. The recipe came from a old article in Country side years ago. Linda at peaceful valley

-- Linda at peaceful valley (peacefulvalley3@yahoo.com), August 18, 2001.

Might sound too, too simple but this is what I do to get butter with my goats milk. I save enough cream for a few days and they put it into a pint mason jar and shake...shake...shake...the jar for about 10 minutes. Usually pass it around to anyone that happens to be there to shake..shake..too !! It comes out pretty good ,it is soft but after putting it in the fridge for a while it hardens up. Easy..simple..and no cost. Now if you are making a lot of butter that would be a different story !! Good Luck !!

-- Helena Di Maio (windyacs@ptdprolog.net), August 19, 2001.

Hello sir, Happy new year for all milk cream making staff. i would like to make butter in the home please gude me how to make these. thanking you. duhsynat

-- dushyant uttam waghmare (dushyant1@rediffmail.com), January 07, 2002.


Hello sir, Happy new year for all milk cream making staff. i would like to make butter in the home please guide to me how to make these. thanking you. duhsynat

-- dushyant uttam waghmare (dushyant1@rediffmail.com), January 07, 2002.

Hello sir, Happy new year for all milk cream making staff. i would like to make butter in the home please guide to me how to make these. thanking you. duhyant

-- dushyant uttam waghmare (dushyant1@rediffmail.com), January 07, 2002.

Hello sir, Happy new year for all milk cream making staff. i would like to make butter in the home please guide to me how to make these. thanking you. dushyant

-- dushyant uttam waghmare (dushyant1@rediffmail.com), January 07, 2002.

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