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Update on Cheesemaking Supplies

February 3, 2010 By Judy

Remember I complained about the shipping costs from the cheesemaking supplies?  They sent me a check to refund the shipping that I paid over and above the actual shipping costs.   While I’m still not pleased that the person I talked to on the phone basically said . . too bad . . that’s what happens when you order over the internet . . I just wanted to let you all know that they had made things right after I emailed the owner.

And, on their website is the recipe/method with pictures for the recipe they provided and I used for making mozzarella.

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Curds & Whey

February 2, 2010 By Judy

Yesterday I set out to make mozzarella and it was quick and it was easy and it is good!  It’s a lot like making bread in that you have to get the “feel” for when it’s right.  The first batch I made, I must’ve pulled it a bit too long because it was a bit hard.  The recipe called for 1 T. of salt and I felt like that was too much so didn’t use that much and it tasted like it needed salt.  The second batch I didn’t pull as long, added the full tablespoon of salt and it was perfect.

Here you can see where I cut through the curds.

Starting to look like mozzarella, right?

The end product!  I got 1-1/2 pounds of cheese from each gallon of milk.

I saved the whey.  Hard to believe there’s 1-1/2 pounds of cheese and almost a full gallon of whey.

Some of the whey went into making this Italian bread.

I cut up some of the cheese, marinated it in olive oil, balsamic vinegar, crushed red peppers and we had this with lettuce for a salad at dinner.

One gallon of milk is left and I saved it to make cheese when Vince is home so he can play too.  I want to make cheddar but it’s going to be a while before I’m home long enough (weeks in a row) to deal with it so it will just have to wait.

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