How to make butter from goat milk?

You can make the same thing from goat milk as from cow milk, only its benefits are much greater.Butter is used actively in the process of cooking, but homemade has a special aroma and fat. Not every housewife knows how to cook it, but can do it if she follows the advice of professionals.

For some reason, many people think that all the products from the milk of this animal smell badly, but in reality this is a big mistake. If the goat is well cared for and properly stored milk, then there will be no unpleasant smell - on the contrary, you can feel a pleasant aroma. Cooked butter is different from what was made from cow's milk, a special lightness, completely different texture, surprisingly white color and creamy taste. However, the exact characteristics of the product strongly depends on the characteristics of the raw materials from which it is made.

Goat milk and butter from it is useful for people of different age groups. It is not only nutritious, but also has a positive effect on the body as a whole. True, there are contraindications, and in order to understand them in more detail, it is necessary to refer to the composition and characteristics.

They have a close composition, but there are differences, and they are significant. Goat milk is much easier to digest the intestines, so it is given to children. It contains less lactose, and it often causes indigestion and even allergy. The composition contains more elements such as vitamins of various groups, phosphorus, magnesium and other important substances. The content of trace elements depends largely on what the animal is fed, whether it is healthy and in what conditions the goat is kept.

From the breed varies the percentage of fat - this figure can be in the range from 3 to 9%. You practically will not meet the fat-free version of this drink. It used to be that goat's milk helps in the fight against consumption, rachitis and anemia. It is in demand among people who suffer from stomach problems. Products made from goat milk help the body to cleanse, toxins are easily removed from the body. Moreover, the drink activates various protective functions, it is necessary for burns and open wounds, because it has healing properties.

If we talk about contraindications, then people who suffer from a violation of the thyroid and pancreas, who have obesity or a predisposition to rapid weight gain, to use the product is not recommended. It can not be drunk and patients with poor blood coagulation, not to mention the individual lactose intolerance - in all cases, the body will be harmed.

With regard to infant feeding, consultation with a physician is necessary, as goat protein is difficult to digest and this can cause problems. Mother's breast milk can not fully replace anything else, especially not enough of the necessary amount of iron in goat milk.

If you understand the recipe, it is completely easy to make butter at home. Of course, the process takes some time, like any other cooking, but if there is a churn or separator, then the time spent is reduced. It is worth remembering that before preparing the product, the milk must be boiled, because it is heat treatment that allows you to get rid of pathogens.

At the first stage, you need to collect cream from milk, for this you can defend it and gradually recruit the necessary amount for further actions. On the other hand, it will take a long time to wait, because it is better to find or buy a separator in order to quickly and efficiently separate the cream, and the low-fat drink then goes to the preparation of fermented milk products.

Salt is surely added to the cream, then they must ripen - for this they are defended for a day in the room, and then put in the fridge for a few more days.It is at this stage that they thicken, and now you can begin to beat. Previously, this was done using cans, but if there is a special churn, you can save strength.

If in the process begins to form a thick foam, then the hostess is on the right path and does everything as it should. It will be necessary to add ice to the container in order to make the semi-thick substance even thicker. The formed lumps are washed under cold water, slightly squeezed, then everything is cleaned into clean dishes prepared beforehand - now the oil can be eaten. Store it in the refrigerator, since the shelf life is quite long, but if you get a lot of product, some of it can be put in the freezer.

You can eat the product, spreading on bread with jam or sausage, as well as fry eggs and other dishes on it. Breakfast sandwiches are tasty and healthy. It is allowed to add a piece of the product to the sauce or even a dessert, because goat milk oil will not spoil the taste of food at all, even the opposite - it will give it a creamy aroma. It is especially well combined with fish.

If you want, you can add a little bit of greenery or even spices to your taste - dill or saffron is perfect. A great dessert for a child is obtained if you mix the resulting butter with cocoa and sugar. Such chocolate butter today is difficult to find on the shelves, but it is still very much loved by children.

If you feel an unpleasant smell or taste, then you have a poor-quality product. This does not mean that all goat oil is bad, it’s just that it was cooked incorrectly or from bad raw materials, therefore it does not differ in the remarkable properties mentioned above.

Poor quality can be caused by several reasons, and one of them - the animal was kept in poor conditions, for example, there was no ventilation in the room or the udder was not washed, and therefore such an unpleasant odor. The joint maintenance of goats and goats in the same room is very strongly influenced, since the males of this species have special glands, which emit a terrible smell that negatively affects the taste of milk.

There is another reason - poor, poor-quality food. Not all grass should eat a goat, if the owner wants her milk to be good. Wormwood and honeysuckle give the drink a completely different flavor, which is transmitted to the oil. Responsible breeder strictly controls the nutrition of their animals.

However, even if the goat was kept in normal conditions, it was regularly washed and fed with the best grass, but the milk storage regime was not observed, it could not be as normal as the products made from it.

There are other reasons why the produced oil may not like its qualities. In the absence of walking a goat hormonal failure occurs, which also affects the smell and taste of dairy products. Some problems with internal organs, as well as venerable age, can also affect this, as well as late milking.

Goat's milk oil is more expensive than another, but it is not often found in a store, which is why people make the product themselves.

Step-by-step recipe for making butter from goat milk, see the video below.