Monday, May 28, 2012

Homemade Mozzarella

Playing with cheese-making is pretty fun.  Recently, I've been snagging raw cow's milk from a friend's dairy farm, since making mozzarella from supermarket milk is tough... it's pasteurized at a higher temperature and isn't anywhere near as fresh.  We've succeeded with supermarket milk, but the fresher it is, the better.

Checking for clear separation between the curds and whey
Cutting the curd before reheating
Unfortunately, I didn't have an extra hand to take pictures with during the stretching and forming steps. It's a learning process that I certainly haven't mastered yet.  The joy is in the experimentation, the minor successes, and the tasting of the best-so-far.

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