Traditional European Cheese making techniques
Cheese making
The milk is still warm from the goats when it is put into the cheese vats. Goat milk is an extremely “fragile” milk in its raw state. The fat molecules in the milk are small. Storage of the milk, agitation of the milk through pumps or transportation results in the development of strong gamey flavours and odour. By using the fresh warm milk we produce a cheese with clean and fresh flavours. All our cheeses are hand ladled into the baskets and draining hoops. This minimises shattering of the curd and as a result our cheeses typically have a smooth and silky texture. Evening milk is used for the production of bottled milk and yoghurts.
The milk is still warm from the goats when it is put into the cheese vats. Goat milk is an extremely “fragile” milk in its raw state. The fat molecules in the milk are small. Storage of the milk, agitation of the milk through pumps or transportation results in the development of strong gamey flavours and odour. By using the fresh warm milk we produce a cheese with clean and fresh flavours. All our cheeses are hand ladled into the baskets and draining hoops. This minimises shattering of the curd and as a result our cheeses typically have a smooth and silky texture. Evening milk is used for the production of bottled milk and yoghurts.
Pasteurisation
When we pasteurise our milk we batch pasteurise. This means that we raise the milk up to pasteurisation temperature slowly rather than by flash pasteurisation. This is important for Goat milk as it prevents the development of the strong flavours often associated with mass produced Goat cheese.
When we pasteurise our milk we batch pasteurise. This means that we raise the milk up to pasteurisation temperature slowly rather than by flash pasteurisation. This is important for Goat milk as it prevents the development of the strong flavours often associated with mass produced Goat cheese.
Raw Goat milk and Raw milk Cheeses
We are licenced to bottle raw goat milk and to produce Raw milk cheese. The milk is given no treatment prior to production of raw milk products other than filtering during milking. Prior to milking the Goats' udders are washed and dried to remove dirt and dust.
While we are licensed to sell raw Goat milk we have made a decision to hold sales of this product at this point due to changes in State based testing requirements.
