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We were blessed with 10 gallons of milk from a friend with a new Jersey cow, so a girlfriend and I decided to try our hand at cheese making.  We made quite a few varieties from the book Home Cheesemaking by Ricki Carroll  (which you can view on the left sidebar of my blog) We chose to make 2 batches of 30 minute Mozzarella, Ricotta, 2 batches of Fromage Blanc, 1 Queso Blanco, and 1 Queso Fresco.

Mozzarella is the most gratifying to make as you get to eat your yummy labor in 30 minutes! The Fromage Blanc had the highest yield at 2 pounds to 1 gallon of milk and was quite yummy after being salted. It is similar to a soft cream cheese.

Here we are heating our milk up to 88*



Curds are starting to form


More curds (aren't the NEAT!!)


Separating the curds and Whey


We squeezed the whey out of the curds and separated into 4 balls for ease of dipping.


We don't own a microwave so we had to heat our whey up to 185* and dip the curd balls into the whey while wearing heat proof gloves.


After a few dunks you can see it started to get stretchy


Look at that stretch! This was so much fun!


After you reach the stretching point you dip back into the extremely hot whey and roll your finished cheese into pretty mozzarella balls, letting cool in cold water for a few minutes.


They sure were yummy warm it was hard to resist!

You can see the recipe from Leeners here with better pictures and directions to boot. They sell Mozzarella Cheese making kits, it is super easy to do. I DID NOT use the Lipase Powder in that recipe because I used raw milk, if your using store bought milk then I suggest using the lipase powder.

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Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by faithfarm

Great post!!!! Thank you for sharing! Blessing>faithfarm

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Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by haflinger

Wow sounds like alot of work but it looks great..
Thanks for stopping by my blog today..I'm a whole lot confused what about the flax seed you buy in a box in the store? and whole wheat flour you buy in a bag?
thanks
Blessings Sister Brenda

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Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - Wonderful!

Posted by blessingsbaound

How wonderful!! I just love making our own cheese!! Enjoy! Mrs. Joseph Wood

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Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - I loved your cheesemaking pictures :)

Posted by lancelotacres

I loved your cheesemaking pictures! Thank you for sharing!

Hugs,
Lisa

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Posted by Katfuzzwwec

Thanks for the comment, and the help!!

The cheese looks yummy! Mozzarella is my favorite, but have never had homemade. I can imagine that it's a millions time better than the store bought kind.

Have a blessed day!
Kat

Edited by Katfuzzwwec on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 11:13

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