Fresh Cheese with herbs
- 3 Litre milk
- 1 Mililitre rennet
- 1/16 Teaspoon type A starter
- 1 Pinch rock salt
- heat milk in a pot sitting in hot water to 32 deg C
- sprinkle culture over top and let it rest for 10 minutes
- mix rennet with 10 ml of boiled and cooled water, then stir through for 1 minute
- Let the milk rest for 40 minutes
- Use a knife and cut the curd vertically and horizontally (it doesn't matter if you cut in an angle) into approx 1 x 1 cm cubes. Let rest for 5 minutes
- Line a colander with cheese cloth and drain the curd through this
- Form a bag with the cheese cloth and hang it somewhere so that the remaining whey can drip out of it. Leave it there for 4 hours
- Put the curd into a bowl and mix it with rock salt and herbs
- Line a cheese mould with cheese cloth and put the curd into the mould. Cover with the cheese cloth and add a lid. Press the cheese for 15 - 30 minutes using a light weight of approx. 1 kg. A jar with water etc. will do. The longer you press the drier and more solid the cheese will get
- Remove the weight and let the cheese rest in the mould for 12 hours. Then remove the cheese from the mould. You can keep this cheese for 7 - 10 days in the fridge
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1st lot, added a big pinch of rock salt & chopped basil. seemed ok.
2nd lot, added 3 pinches of rock salt & sweet chillie. + used whole milk. Left it to set for about an hour and a half by mistake. seems a better consistency so far
2nd lot too bitter. inedible :(
3rd lot: farm house fresh full cream milk. heated very slowely to temp