CheeseForum.org ยป Forum

GENERAL CHEESE MAKING BOARDS (Specific Cheese Making in Boards above) => INGREDIENTS - Milk Types, Formats, & Pre-Cheese Making Processing => Topic started by: CdnMorganGal on November 16, 2011, 04:49:27 PM

Title: Milk, Cow - Skimming Cream, Yield?
Post by: CdnMorganGal on November 16, 2011, 04:49:27 PM
Thinking of making my own cream cheese and was wondering approximately how much raw milk would be needed to get 2litres of cream.  Thx.
Title: Re: Milk, Cow - Skimming Cream, Yield?
Post by: Tomer1 on November 16, 2011, 05:28:05 PM
I think it depends on the cream cheese type. (some are fattier then others...)
Title: Re: Milk, Cow - Skimming Cream, Yield?
Post by: CdnMorganGal on November 17, 2011, 03:30:36 AM
Perhaps I didnt word my question clearly - the cream cheese recipe calls for 2l of cream.  How much raw milk would I need (approximately) to be able to skim 2l of cream from it.
Title: Re: Milk, Cow - Skimming Cream, Yield?
Post by: Cloversmilker on November 17, 2011, 05:04:20 AM
It depends, on the breed, on the cow, on the time of year, on the stage of lactation,... you get the idea. 

I milk a Jersey who is doing her best to save her cream for her calf.  It would take about 16l of her milk just now.  My previous Jersey would have given 2l of cream in 8l or less of milk.