Monday, June 1, 2009

Cheese Man

Anyone who knows Scott knows that he loves cheese!! I mean LOVES cheese!! The other day he went to the Farmers Market and there were some people there selling homemade cheese. That got him thinking...."this is my calling." Right when he got home he sat at the compy until he found what he was looking for, a cheese recipe that he could do RIGHT THEN AND THERE!!! Here is the recipe:
1 qt whole milk
1 cup buttermilk
2 t lemon juice
salt to taste
-Heat milk on low heat to 175 degrees
-Pour in buttermilk and lemon juice
-Remove from heat
-Stir 30 seconds
-Curds should seperate from whey. If not add more lemon juice
-Let stand for 10 min
-Laddle curds into cheesecloth in colander
-Tie off and let hang for 30 min
-Add salt to taste, and whatever else you want!!!
-Refridgerate overnight
-EAT!!! YUM YUM!!!
Mr. Cheesy We made 2 different cheeses. Sage and black pepper and Green olive with red pepper and green onion!Curding process

Draining


This is the sage and blach pepper...it is really good!
P.S. This is a SOFT cheese! Good on crackers!