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Wine and Cheese
Labor day weekend and a few days off to lay around the house and experiment. I dusted this post off because being a lazy weekend, I thought that I would post something fun that the whole family could enjoy. It was orginally posted in November 2005 and I have added comments (in pink) to it.
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How To Make Farmer’s Cheese
INGREDIENTS
1 gallon whole milk
1 pinch salt
1 large lemon, juiced
DIRECTIONS [...]
How To Make Mascarpone
Ingredients:One quart of light cream range between 18 and 30% butterfat. Ideally it should contain 25% butterfat.
1/4 teaspoon tartaric acid
Equipment:
Stainless steel double boiler with lid
Sterile handkerchief sterilized by boiling and hanging to dry thoroughly
1 quart bowl to catch the whey
Steps:
Warm 32 ounces of light cream in a stainless steel double boiler to 185 degrees Fahrenheit [...]
How To Make Cream Cheese
Ingredients:
2 cups whole milk (500 mL)
2 cups heavy cream (500 mL
2 Tbl fresh cultured buttermilk (30 mL)
1/4 tablet Junket rennet tablet
sterile white plain handkerchief (boil to sterilize, hang to dry thoroughly)
Steps:
1) Combine milk and cream in a stainless pot. Gently warm to 70 F (21 C), stir regularly.
2) Mix buttermilk thoroughly into the warmed milk-cream [...]
