Fresh Farm Cheese
Ingredients
1 gallon of whole milk | ||
1 package of rennet or juice from 3 lemons (you can purchase rennet from you gourmet food store) | ||
4 tbs Kosher salt | ||
Cheese cloth | ||
Frying thermometer |
Here is a delicious cheese that is easy to make at home.
Directions:
- In a large sauce pan heat the milk to 90 degrees, and take off heat.
- Mix in rennet or lemon juice and mix.
- Let stand for 2 hours.
- After 2 hours use a whisk around in the pan to cut up the curds.
- Line a wire mesh strainer with cheese cloth and pour the contents of the pan through.
- The whey(liquid)will pour through, what remains is the cheese curds.
- Wrap the cheese cloth tightly abound the curds, squeezing out as much water as possible and shaping the cheese in a ball at the same time.
- Sprinkle the cheese all over with the kosher salt. and let set for several hours.
- Refrigerate and serve.
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