making homemade cheese

PipneyJane

The best book I've read on the subject is Yorkshire Television's Farmhouse Kitchen, written by Audrey Ellis. (Not to be confused with the various recipe collections they issued under the same name.) I'm not a cheese maker, but that book explains everything clearly.

Malfiore

Thank you Pipney That book looks great actually!! I've found a few others with great reviews so I'll get started

Pink.

Hi Malfiore,

As your thread has dropped down the board I've added it to our main cheese making thread where you'll find lots of advice.

Pink

Malfiore

Thanks Pink-Winged, this is brilliant

patchwork_cat

I saw this on Pinterest and thought it was excellent!

http://heart-hands-home.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/homemade-mozzarella-cheese.html

SailorSam

What's a Rennet tablet ? And cheese salt, is that different from ordinary salt.

emg

They have just started selling vegetarian rennet in Lakeland. There is a section in their new catalogue about making soft cheeses at home.

Kevie192

You can get vege rennet in Sainsburys, near the home baking section.

There is a homemade cheese thread here with all kinds of info and ideas. In particular, this post documents my first attempt at making mozzarella.

HTH

Kevin

zippychick

we do have a homemade cheese thread which may be useful, Ill merge this later on

Zip

Caterina

Can I ask a few questions please:

1 - Can I use lemon juice instead of citric acid?

2 - I don't have a microwave, can I make it in any other way?

3 - I also don't have a thermometer, is it vital to the result?

4 - I have liquid vegetable rennet, how does it compare with rennet tablets for amount to use?

Thank you.