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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: benkt on May 23, 2012, 07:30:56 pm

Title: Failed cheese making - any ideas for the leftovers
Post by: benkt on May 23, 2012, 07:30:56 pm

We had our first go at hard cheese making last night but as the starter hadn't yet arrived I just tried to make do with some buttermilk. I think the day was too hot and the innoculation went too far, but anyway we failed to get a clean break. Is there anything I can do with a gallon of failed cheese? Strain off the curd and try to make some ricotta with the whey? Or should I just give it to the pigs?

Title: Re: Failed cheese making - any ideas for the leftovers
Post by: ballingall on May 23, 2012, 10:03:09 pm

I would give the pigs a treat myself.....

Title: Re: Failed cheese making - any ideas for the leftovers
Post by: SallyintNorth on May 23, 2012, 11:36:55 pm

Strain curd, add sugar, lemon & ginger, put on a sponge or biscuit base, there's a cheesecake!

Whey for pigs.

Title: Re: Failed cheese making - any ideas for the leftovers
Post by: tizaala on May 24, 2012, 07:38:49 am

Sounds like your rennet was off, or your milk was too cold when you added it, needs to be blood heat,  :yum:

Title: Re: Failed cheese making - any ideas for the leftovers
Post by: Lesley Silvester on May 24, 2012, 11:40:58 pm

Quote from: SallyintNorth on May 23, 2012, 11:36:55 pm

Strain curd, add sugar, lemon & ginger, put on a sponge or biscuit base, there's a cheesecake!

Whey for pigs.

 :yum: