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The New Zealand Dairy Goat Breeders Association Incorporated

Cheese

Cottage Cheese Use 5 litres milk. If 2 - 3 days old it turns easier. Bring to boil, then turn off element. Squeeze up to 1/2 dozen lemons and stir into the milk. Let it stand for 6 hours.
Strain through a sieve with muslin lying in the bottom. The curds left in the muslin is the cottage cheese. The liquid in the bowl is whey.
Add at least 1/2 tsp salt, pepper to taste and any greenery such as chives, parsley etc you wish to the cottage cheese. Keep in the fridge.
Caprine Delights, Recipes for Goat Products

Cottage Cheese 2 Using up to 10 litres of fresh warm milk obtained in a a scrupulously clean container with a lid but not exposing milk to light leave in the sun or some other warm place until 'sour' or beginning to separate. Do not allow milk to go off. A starter or natural yoghurt may be added to hasten the process.
Heat milk to 165 to 170 degrees F and hold until it beings to separate into whey and curds. The lower the temperature the softer the curd.
Now place a cheesecloth (sterilized) or chux cloth in a colander and gradually scoop curds from whey with a sieve and leave to drain. When all curds have been ladled into cloth, tie four corners and four sides and hang outside to drain (above sink will do in an airy kitchen).
When drained turn into whatever contained is required.
Caprine Delights - Recipes for Goat Products

Caprine Delights is available from the Registrar for $3.00 NZ, please enclose a self addressed large envelope with an .80c stamp in NZ.

Where can I buy goat milk cheese?

Crescent Dairy Goats produces award-winning goats milk cheeses on their farm at Albany. For more information email them or phone 09-4796200.

Saratoga Dairy Goats produce their own brand of goat milk cheese. Check out their website or email them.

If you are currently making and selling goat milk cheese and would like to be listed here, just email us.