Found a recipe online for cheese and decided to give it a try. Pretty simple and fun.
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The ingredients. Got a deal on the milk also!
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Clean break starting pretty quick.
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Strained curds out thru cheesecloth. Added salt.
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Microwaved and kneaded cheese
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Microwaved, kneaded, stretched, and folded
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Placed in salt water brine bath overnight in fridge.
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Cold smoked with hickory wood along with a batch of jerky. Will wait 3 to 4 weeks before trying cheese, but the curd test prior to kneading was very good.
good start cant wait
Ok enough is enough. I joined this forum when I bought my Bradley to see how to make pulled pork. Ended up making all these mods to the smoker, bought a PID, built a shed, bought a slicer, bought a grinder, bought a stuffer, bought a jerky gun, bought a roaster to poach the sausage, bought a freezer to store all the stuff I make,working on buying a freezer to make a dry cure cabinet, --now you all are going to get me to start making cheese????? When does the madness stop????
Just kidding --looks good. Waiting to see the end results.
Homemade Mozzarella is great. Only when I made it I didn't smoke it. For someone who is milking and has surplus milk this would be an excellent use for it.
I hear you Gus on when will it ever end. I own 6 bread machines and a Kitchenaid Stand mixer at home but thanks to Sonny and his Sweet Bread Starter that has kicked in my bread making interest again, I have a Bosch Universal Mixer that should be coming in the door here at the office in about an hour. Now to go home and tell my husband that we have a new addition to the kitchen appliances.
Been wanting to try and make cheese and this way looks
like I could do that.
Can you post a link you used or some step by step instructions?
Microwavable Mozzarella Cheese? What will they think of next?!
ClassicRock,
Here is the link I used to make the mozzarella. Real easy to do.
http://www.deejayssmokepit.net/cheese.htm
Quote from: SmokinSignals on March 12, 2013, 09:24:48 AM
ClassicRock,
Here is the link I used to make the mozzarella. Real easy to do.
http://www.deejayssmokepit.net/cheese.htm
Thanks! Appreciated.