How to Preserve Goat Milk

Pasteurization helps ensure the lifespan of milk. All unpasteurized milk contains microorganisms. The goal is to achieve a low microbial count to get the best flavor and keep quality and other desirable characteristics of milk and milk products. The easiest way to do this is to take the following steps

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• a Double boiler
• A stove
• good reliable metal-stemd thermometer
• Clean Gallon milk jugs
• A Clean wooden spoon

1. 
    
   doubble boiler

   Prepare The double boiler by placing the milk in the top and water in the bottom of the double boiler.

2. Put the metal-stemd thermometer and spoon in the milk and keep them there
   the whole time

3. Heat the milk, while stirring constantly, to 169 degrees F and hold it at that temperature for no less than 30 seconds. Keep stirring you want to make sure all the milk is heated evenly or this will not work !!!

4. After 30 seconds take The pot containing the milk and place it into a pan of water and stir vigorously to ensure quick and even cooling

5. When the milk temperature is below 127 degrees F, replace the cooling water with ice water and continue to cool the milk, Stirling once every 30 seconds until the milk reaches 39 F or below

6. Pour the milk into the CLEAN gallon milk jugs and store in the fridge at 39 F or below .

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on 7/13/2009 Thanks for the advice! 5*s!