making homemade cheese

marmiterulesok

That looks good!I've made a soft cheese,flavoured with some salt and pepper,which was tasty.
I used the leftover whey in breadmaking and as a drink.If you use it as a liquid in soups,be careful as the soup will boil over more easily.
I'll have to try this,thanks!

Kevie192

The plate in the pic is a side plate so I suppose about the size of a clenched fist? Definitely at least 1.5 if not 2 times larger than the ones you buy in packets. You can also cook it a bit longer in the pot to make a firmer cheese you can also grate and that's really expensive in the shops!

The milk was £1.49 for the 4 pints (it's an expensive shop!) and I suppose about 2p for the citric acid and rennet. There's also gas an electricity to take into account so I guess rounding up it was about £1.60 ish. If you can get milk from a supermarket though that would be much cheaper. Also, raw (unpasteurised) milk has a much higher cheese yield per pint so worth finding a local dairy farm if possible. There's one here in Norfolk but he's stopped selling raw milk for a bit because of disputes with the FSA!

HTH

Kevin

pelirocco

Just a thought , isnt that recipe a USA one? .their gallons are different to ours

Kevie192

They are, but not enough to make a big difference to this recipe. I also used 2 litres of milk, not 4 pints I've discovered but all is fine. It's not a fine art really, to be honest!

caitybabes

Wow this is very exciting, thank you for sharing... I have some rennet in the cupboard that is a bit out of date, do you reckon it'd be ok to use? I've got two cheese making books out of the library with good intentions but haven't got round to it yet.

Kevie192

I don't think I'd risk it... For the sake of a £1.30 bottle of rennet I don't think it's worth risking a disaster!

Swan_2

Kevie, that's an excellent site you linked to :T

I make butter, yogurt & kefir but have never attempted cheese before, I think I might give it a go now, love the look of the Mozarella

jamsandwhich

Wow - that is great, my girls would love to make cheese!

Think I will give this a go.:)

jaxx46

Am liking this bookmarked for when I'm feeling better. Have also tried yoghurt & butter but not kefir although I like the idea of it. Swan how did you get your kefir started?

Swan_2

jaxx46 wrote: »

Am liking this bookmarked for when I'm feeling better. Have also tried yoghurt & butter but not kefir although I like the idea of it. Swan how did you get your kefir started?

hi jaxx

I got some of the milk grains from ebay, there are quite a few on offer just now

mine are sitting in a jar looking a bit neglected as I've been away, I think I'd better give them a feed today