making homemade ricotta and queso blanco with pics

[curious aardvark]

Great post !

:-)
so have you smoked one of those runds yet ?

Also what sort of texture is the finished product ? I can't stand the texture of cottage cheese.
Could you run it through a food processor to smooth the texture to a cream cheese before pressing in the mould - or would that bugger it up ?
I could add some pepper, paprika and garlic at that point, Mmm.

Certainly look easy enough to try. And I love the improvised draining moulds

I'm thinking this is another february project

[Bbqgoddess]

Jerod! Awesome post! you have made it sound so easy... I must try it!
What is the citric acid? where does one find it? (insert blonde question thingy)
I would love to see your pops recipe for that mexican cheese... I love mexican cheese, the one my friends bring back with them after a visit home.. yummo!

[Okie joe]

Great post......( insert points here) I havent made college,,,brother worked on a dairy farm had access to much milk as we could use,....made butter.....Yogert...sp and cheese....

Did you drill holes in your Tupperware ? or can you buy cheese molds....we drill holes in Tupperware that we bought at thrift store/and Yard sales.
..heck that was in 68.

They probly make cheese molds now.

[GOT14U]

I have not smoked any of this. I will be making my own cave and smoking my on colby and cheddar pretty soon. It is a semi-hard cheese. kinda like blue cheese i guess. It is a kind you can crumble if wanted. If I would have pressed it longer in the molds it would have looked better. I'm not sure on the food processor. I don't think the texture is anything like cottage cheese. so you should be safe.

Great post !

:-)
so have you smoked one of those runds yet ?

Also what sort of texture is the finished product ? I can't stand the texture of cottage cheese.
Could you run it through a food processor to smooth the texture to a cream cheese before pressing in the mould - or would that bugger it up ?
I could add some pepper, paprika and garlic at that point, Mmm.

Certainly look easy enough to try. And I love the improvised draining moulds

I'm thinking this is another february project

[GOT14U]

citric acid is simple to get from most any cheese making web site. I think I have seen it at wal-mart as well and some sausage places. It's for flavor. The mexican cheese my pops makes you need rennet which you would need to order. and cow fresh milk. I will work on getting it for you if wanted.
here is the book that got me started. sorta like rytek's book for sausage.
http://www.cheesemaking.com/HomeCheeseMakingbook.html
here is also a cheese forum
http://cheeseforum.org/forum/index.p...ic,1780.0.html

Jerod! Awesome post! you have made it sound so easy... I must try it!
What is the citric acid? where does one find it? (insert blonde question thingy)
I would love to see your pops recipe for that mexican cheese... I love mexican cheese, the one my friends bring back with them after a visit home.. yummo!

[GOT14U]

I like the idea of doing the tuppaware thing. These are actually cheese molds from a store. sounds like you had a great childhood !

when are the multi-quote thing gonna get fixed..lol..or maybe I just can't figure it out.

Great post......( insert points here) I havent made college,,,brother worked on a dairy farm had access to much milk as we could use,....made butter.....Yogert...sp and cheese....

Did you drill holes in your Tupperware ? or can you buy cheese molds....we drill holes in Tupperware that we bought at thrift store/and Yard sales.
..heck that was in 68.

They probly make cheese molds now.

[curious aardvark]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Home-Cheese-...5026050&sr=8-1

Just ordered that book - cheap too ! and free delivery, how could I not

I think you can also get citric acid at home brew shops.
hell if you can't get it as a powder - just add some lemon juice to the mix - raw citric acid if you will and a lemony tasting cheese - maybe lol

As for moulds - I get lots of really cheep plastic containers from the pound shop. just make some holes in them and bobs you uncle - a wide variety of cheap cheese molds :-)

Home made smoked cheese ! it's on

[wutang]

Great post, great pics. for sure! Yet another thing to add to my never ending to-do list.

[moselle]

Yum. Looks like a bought one!
You can use that whey for bread making!

What is the citric acid? where does one find it? !

You can get it in the canning section of most stores. I have made ricotta with just lime or lemon juice too. You don't have to buy anything special, you just need to acidify the milk.

[GOT14U]

thanks everyone again I plan on doing a 30 minute mozzarella this Friday or Saturday. I will post a tutorial when finished. Glad to hear you got the book ardvaark.


sounds like you know what your doin. would love to see some

Yum. Looks like a bought one!
You can use that whey for bread making!

You can get it in the canning section of most stores. I have made ricotta with just lime or lemon juice too. You don't have to buy anything special, you just need to acidify the milk.

[Gunslinger]

Check your local micro and home brewery supply houses, as they carry a lot of supplies that can be used for cheese as well as sausage making.
Rennet can be found in about any grocery store. They'll sell it where they sell ice cream toppings.

[curious aardvark]

Rennet can be found in about any grocery store. They'll sell it where they sell ice cream toppings.

Why ???????

And definitely not round here.

[Gunslinger]

Why ???????

And definitely not round here.

How would you make junket without it?

[GOT14U]

I have heard that wally world carrys it. I also heard that it would be by the ice cream..lol..I would never have figured that. I have liquid that we get from mexico.

[Bbqgoddess]

Thanks all for the great post and the info... I will look, tho our canning sections consist of really over priced mason jars, and I think parafin thats about it! Thanks for the tip on the lime/lemon juice too Moo.. gotta check the book out... I would be rockstar status if I could make cheese around my little mice...