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Title: Butter floats on milk
Post by: AnnDee on December 15, 2016, 11:33:33 PM
Anyone knows why whenever I start to heat my milk, butter start to float on top?
I stir it very gently. The milk is cold (the milking machine cool it straight away and I put ice pack on the cooler box when I transport the milk) and it is raw cow's milk.
Will I end up with less creamy cheese?
Title: Re: Butter floats on milk
Post by: MrsKK on December 17, 2016, 10:06:15 PM
I get that sometimes when making cheese, too.  It always eventually re-incorporates into the curd and I've always been happy with the cheeses I make.

I also use raw milk, from my own cow.
Title: Re: Butter floats on milk
Post by: AnnDee on December 18, 2016, 02:52:15 AM
Thank you Karen, I hope I will get as good result as yours too.
Title: Re: Butter floats on milk
Post by: nosphalot on December 19, 2016, 08:32:00 PM
I don't use raw milk, but when I did a make recently with a good deal of heavy cream I got a butter like foam that formed on the surface. Perhaps it's a product of the culture lowering the pH or even the gentle heating. Be curious to know the answer.