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mark
Joined: 14 Jul 2005
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Location: Derby
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 Posted: Thu Oct 13, 05 10:22 am Post subject: My first cheese!! |
 
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Hey i just made my first cheese!!
Simple stuff usng supermarket milk but very satisfying
I just warmed 4pts of milk in a big pan!
Added a bit of youghurt as a starter
waited half an hour and added drops of vegetarian rennet as directed on bottle!
Went to bed -
got up found curd nicely set
cut curds
heated a bit
dreained off in a bag for the day( put weight on over a colendar for last bit!!
separated into two
flavoured half with 2 cloves of galic - some chopped up parsley from garden and a few dried herbs (nice boursin style cheese)
left the other as a philadelphia style cream cheese!
Both are quite as tasty as any other cream cheese i ever had!
and quite satisfying to find the fact that i used pasturised homogenised milk and a yoghurt starter didn't really
I'm a bit of a busking make it up as you go cook - and nice to see my experimental approach can extend to cheese making! Will try a hard cheese soon!! |
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judith
Joined: 16 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Thu Oct 13, 05 10:34 am Post subject: |
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Excellent stuff!
Making cheese is definitely on my ToDo list. One day it will rise to the top of the list. I am really intrigued by the recipes for making mozarella in the microwave. |
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Treacodactyl
Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Thu Oct 13, 05 11:40 am Post subject: |
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We've made simple cheese with milk and vegetarian rennet, very nice on a pizza. Does the yoghurt help give the cheese a bit more flavour and character? Will try that next.  |
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mark
Joined: 14 Jul 2005
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Location: Derby
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| Posted: Thu Oct 13, 05 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Treacodactyl wrote: |
| We've made simple cheese with milk and vegetarian rennet, very nice on a pizza. Does the yoghurt help give the cheese a bit more flavour and character? Will try that next. |
gives it a little bit of acidity the same as a proper cheese starter - or using natural bacteria in unpasteurised milk - yoghurt also seems to give a nice flavour that goes well in a cream cheese if my effort ws anything to go by (easier to get than sending off for cheese starters too!!!! |
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Treacodactyl
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| Posted: Thu Oct 13, 05 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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| mark wrote: |
| easier to get than sending off for cheese starters too!!!! |
My thoughts exactly. |
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ele
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
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Location: Derby
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| Posted: Thu Oct 13, 05 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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where's a good place to buy the rennet from? |
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Treacodactyl
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| Posted: Thu Oct 13, 05 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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Some supermarkets sell it *but* do check the best before date as some places don't sell that much and the date is quite short. Suma also sell it so I expect some health food shops must do. |
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sean
Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Thu Oct 13, 05 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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Watch out for 'Junket Rennet' which is flavoured with vanilla and not a good idea for cheese-making in my experience. |
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Pilsbury
Joined: 13 Dec 2004
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I have wanted to try cheese making for ages but OH wont let me as she thinks it will smell and she is not a fan of dairy stuff but i got the Ascott catalouge through today and she has seen the cheese making kit in there and said if i am a good boy santa might bring it for me!!!!
I am so excited  |
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tahir
Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex
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| Posted: Thu Oct 13, 05 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Pilsbury wrote: |
| I am so excited |
Better not upset Santa eh?  |
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Bugs
Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Thu Oct 13, 05 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Pilsbury wrote: |
| the cheese making kit in there and said if i am a good boy santa might bring it for me!!!! |
Good boys write articles on chilli jam and...other stuff chefs know about. We can do a very nice reference for Santa on recycled paper  |
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Sarah D
Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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| Treacodactyl wrote: |
| Some supermarkets sell it *but* do check the best before date as some places don't sell that much and the date is quite short. Suma also sell it so I expect some health food shops must do. |
My Vegeren is a year out of date and still working perfectly well. Bought at a huge reduction in a supermarket last year. I bought all 12 bottles on the shelf, still using it. |
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Treacodactyl
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| Posted: Thu Oct 13, 05 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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The dates always seem to be quite short but I have no idea what they mean on the vegi rennet. I assume it can't go off then, or by the sounds of it work less well. Good job as we have a few from Suma in the fridge. |
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mark
Joined: 14 Jul 2005
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Location: Derby
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| Posted: Thu Oct 13, 05 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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i got my veggy rennet from supermarket - only when i got it home i noticed it was a couple of months past best by - stil worked fine though |
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Anna-marie
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