Author Topic: Cow's milk crottins  (Read 1299 times)

olikli

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Cow's milk crottins
« on: January 27, 2016, 01:24:25 PM »
Time to present my crottins.

I made six of them on 26th November from a batch of 3 l pasteurized creamline milk. Standard lactic setting with 50 ml kefir as starter and a quarter dose of liquid calf rennet for 48 hours. I ladled the curds into 3 high crottin moulds and drained for 24 hours. After unmoulding I cut the fresh cheeses in half to get a proper crottin shape. Dry salted with sea salt to 2.5% and dried for another day in the kitchen.

I left them for 4 days on an open tray in the basement at ~13 degrees to establish a geo coating, then they went into the cheese fridge at 9 degrees, covered with occasional flipping. The typical mix of wild PR and PC began to grow about a week later.

I cut the first crottin after 4 weks and the next one after 6 weeks, but there wasn't too much aroma apart from the salt. This morning I cut the third cheese, and now were talking! The effects of maturation now clearly show in the taste, It' already quite strong, but I'll leave the remaining crottins to ripen a few weeks longer.

Kern

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Re: Cow's milk crottins
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2016, 07:52:08 PM »
Excellent looking paste and a fascinating and colorful rind.  A cheese for your efforts.  :)