How Do You Make Butter & Buttermilk From Goats Milk?
Freshly made butter cannot compare to the commercial products sold in stores. Butter made from goat’s milk tastes sweet and creamy and the buttermilk has a pleasant tang. If you have access to fresh milk from a goat, you can make your own buttermilk. This does not work with homogenized grocery brands of goat milk, so find a local goat farmer in your area or see if someone sells fresh goat milk at a farmer’s market. Another plus to making your own butter and buttermilk: you control the amount of salt and additives in the final product. Divide 2 gallons of milk into the four 9 x 13-inch dishes. Place the dishes in the refrigerator for 24 hours without disturbing. Spoon the cream that rose in the dishes off the top of the milk, and transfer it to the jar. Discard the remaining milk in the pans or use it as skim milk for drinking and baking. Repeat the settling and skimming process with the remaining 4 gallons of goat milk over the next two days, placing the accumulated cream into the jar.
