No one correctly guessed what I taught the kidnicks to make on Wednesday!
Cheese.
Yes, Mozzarella Cheese!
Here is the post I wrote last year when I made it for the first time.
The kids loved this and had questions galore!
I have the other half of them coming this evening and I am excited.
I love inspiring kids!
When we moved to
the country, I had definite ideas of what I wanted to do. Think along the lines
of Caroline Ingalls. I wanted to raise chickens
(not that I could not have done that in town nor did I
use a churn, but it fits into my country dream nicely). Anyway,
living here has been better than my dream and last weekend I checked off another
piece...I made cheese! Creamy, white Mozzarella cheese! I can not believe how
easy is was and I must say, had I not read what The
Coupon Goddess, Melanie wrote, I would have put it off. The directions from
her friend Rebecca's blog
were simple, honest and straightforward.
You MUST try
this...your life is not complete without this knowledge...AND it is super
easy...truly! I used the source that Rebecca suggested to order the Rennet and
Citric Acid. It cost just under $15.00 and I have enough to make cheese for
many moons!
I was so nervous
when I started...I had the recipe and instructions on the counter ready to refer
to at any moment and refer, I did...a bunch!
I got my
thermometer in the pot and added the milk...here is when I got very nervous and
took no more pictures.
I was checking the
temp...looking at the instructions...checking the temp...looking at the
instructions...I did I mention I was nervous? Anyway, everything did what it
was supposed to when it was supposed to do it and I ended up with a success.
When I added the salt, it looked like too much so I removed a bit...shouldn't
have. The amount in the recipe would have been perfect.
I made little
(walnut size) balls from 1/2 the cheese and once cooled, put in a Mason jar with
one of my Pesto Sauce
"muffins" and covered with Olive Oil.
Sublime!
I rolled the other
half of the cheese into a log and once cooled, wrapped it tightly in plastic
wrap. Slicing pieces off as needed or wanted.
Caroline would be proud.
3 comments:
Cool! I have thought about making cheese....just haven't done it.
A mozzarella! Definitely on my bucket list to make this someday!
The citric acid gave it away. LoL
I've never made cheese before but I have studied it a bit.
One of these days I'll be trying it.
Sometimes it amazes me how much we have in common: homemade cheese, homemade butter, horses, gardening.......
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