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Questions tagged [cheese-making]

Questions about the ingredients, methods, and equipment used to turn milk into cheese.

Take some milk, add some combination of bacteria and rennet; sometimes acids, herbs, and mold. Follow the correct preparation methods, wait a while, and obtain tasty, tasty spoiled milk.

See also the tag, for questions about using, storing, and serving it once you've finished making it.

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How to store homemade fresh Mozzarella Cheese

What is the key to keeping fresh Mozzarella soft. It often turns "sticky" in refrigerator storage
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Haloumi cheese is very hard

I made halloumi from raw cow's milk. I followed Ricki Carroll's recipe and it tastes right but is very hard. I am wondering when cooking in the whey, it never did rise to the top, could this be why? Why wouldn't it have risen and should I have…
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Best natural green food dye

I'm going to attempt a Sage Derby this weekend. I want to stain the large curd with green on the outside so that it has a marbled look after pressing. What could I use to soak the curd in and get the best results? Spinach juice was suggested but I'm…
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How to cut the wax from this cheese?

(I am new to Europe so please forgive me for being not knowing). I have this cheese I asked here before how to eat it and people answered me, but when it comes to real life I had a problem removing the wax, because it really stuck to the cheese! I…
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I failed to make yogurt, what have I made?

In the past I have successfully followed the instructions at makeyourownyogurt.com to make yogurt using siggi's as a starter for the first batch and from then on used the last of the previous batch as a starter. This worked great for a few…
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Cream Cheese vs Yogurt Cheese: what / how much difference does the bacteria make?

This recipe for homemade cream cheese looks extremely similar to making yogurt and then straining it. In fact, the final step for culturing the milk goes: After 12 to 18 hours, the cheese should look like yogurt (solid if tipped but still…
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How to make semi-hard, unripened brined cheese

I want to make semi-hard, unripened brined cheese, kind of like Nabulsi or Halloumi. I already know how to make "fresh" cheese from cow milk, rennet and salt. But, in my attempts, the resulting curds is far from being hard or semi-hard, unless I…
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Mozzarella turned out super rubbery

I recently tried making four batches of mozzarella, all of which turned out like a rubber band. The first three times around I used a one-hour recipe, but tried less rennet and a longer setting time for the curds the last time around. After that too…
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Does 2% milk make decent cheese?

I ended up with a gallon (almost 4 L) of 2% milk that I don't really need. I was thinking of making it into some kind of fresh cheese (i.e., farmer cheese or panir or something) to extend its life a bit. Will this milk make decent cheese, or do you…
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Smooth ricotta texture

I once had the opportunity to taste ricotta that was very smooth. The texture was like a thick greek yogurt (but the taste very different). I loved it. I could not find that anywhere else as a consumer. (I am in Andorra, a small country in Europe. I…
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How much of powdered rennet should I use when making mozzarella out of 2 liters of unpasteurized milk?

I bought a bottle of powdered rennet as shown in the image but without a manual on how to use. https://m.imgur.com/a/flFKwKp I am learning how to make cheese, and I have a local store who sell unpasteurized milk. So my first attempt is going to be…
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Using cultured buttermilk to introduce cultures to cheese

I have read recently that you can instead of using cultured developed in a lab you can get cultured buttermilk and use the cultures in that for your cheese making. I'm just wondering how effective this is and whether you can use it in all cheese…
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Can whole milk be used to make fresh cheeses like marscapone?

All the recipes for homemade marscapone cheese I have seen use some type of cream with at least 35% fat. Whereas other fresh cheeses can be made with lower fat % milk. I'm not sure how much fat percentage is in whole milk (I never see it stated on…
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Halloumi ended up too soft

I made halloumi at the weekend using this process with cows milk. The rennet I used had a best before June 2014 date on it. The cheese came out fine and tastes good after being brined. However when I fry the slices of halloumi the result is that the…
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What kind of cheese is the result of boiling milk with vinegar at home?

With this recipe http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Cheese-at-Home, which out of the following required cheese will I get at home? http://www.food.com/recipe/incredibly-delicious-cheese-garlic-bread-spread-18914
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