How to Make Goat Butter

Goat butter is simple to make and nutritious too! Goat butter is very easy to make. Dress up your butter with garlic, different spices and fresh herbs for your Holiday dinner. Make several different types. It is fun for the kids to help make and shape the butter. Give some as gifts this holiday along with homemade rolls or bread. Goat butter is great to cook with.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 1 quart fresh goats milk.
• Salt
• 1 quart jar with lid.
• 1 marble
• Herbs
• Spices

1. Pour 1 quart of fresh goats milk into a 1 quart clean jar leaving about 1 inch at the top. Place marble in jar and replace the lid.

2. Gently shake or roll the jar until the marble gathers the butterfat into a lump. Continue until you have a good size lump of fresh butter.

3. Strain the buttermilk from the lump. Lightly salt and shape or mold. Refrigerate after shaping or molding. Try different shapes for the Holidays and adding different fresh herbs, spices, or fresh crushed garlic. Be adventerous and try different things to make custom butter to taste.

Tips & Warnings

• Goat butter makes a great addition to your Holiday dinner. You can add garlic, herbs. Be creative!

[rennfahr]

on 12/30/2009 Never knew how to make goat butter... sounds interesting. 5* given

[barngirl]

on 12/30/2009 I think it tastes pretty good, richer than cows milk. I like to add garlic and other sometimes herbs. Takes getting use to, but you once you do it is fun to make.

[msromagnola]

on 12/30/2009 Interesting - how's the taste in comparison to cow-milk butter?

[da-nterprize]

on 12/27/2009 Wow, that's very educational. I never even thought about making butter let alone GOAT butter LOL. But it was a great article. Short and to the point. Loved it. Thank you for supporting Blue Rose. Make sure to support every member. See you later.