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Offline Gobae

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First Stilton
« on: February 02, 2016, 03:17:34 AM »
Every quarter or so, we do an "International Dinner Night" with a bunch of friends. We choose a country and make (as much from scratch as possible) the classic foods from that country. This time it's "England" and so I decided to make a Stilton. I used the recipe from Karlin's "Artisan Cheesemaking At Home".

So far it seems like everything went well; unlike last weekend when I forgot the MA4000 culture (DOH!). I just got done rubbing and smoothing the outside. Now it's into the cave to grow some mold.

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Re: First Stilton
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2016, 05:47:49 AM »
Ohh I'll keep my eye on this one.
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Re: First Stilton
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2016, 04:00:00 AM »
Looks good Gobae.
John 
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Re: First Stilton
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2016, 02:10:17 PM »
What size is that cheese?
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Re: First Stilton
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2016, 06:22:22 PM »
4.5" dia x 4" high
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Re: First Stilton
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2016, 06:40:19 PM »
Interesting, that's the smallest blue I've seen next to a cambozola.  Should be interesting to watch develop. ???
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Re: First Stilton
« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2016, 03:12:37 AM »
Well, we cracked the Stilton open on Sunday and here was the end result.



The "blue" mold was more of a grey-brown, it tasted just like the Stilton I bought from the local cheesemonger (I had never had Stilton before so I bought some a few weeks ago for comparison), over 1/2# was consumed with gusto in little more than an hour, and even people who claimed "I don't like blue cheese" came back for more. So I'm calling this a success!
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Re: First Stilton
« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2016, 04:18:40 AM »
Looks fantastic.  I especially like the nice clean skewer line of blue mold and the vericose veins around it :D

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Re: First Stilton
« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2016, 12:50:17 PM »
I think it looks fantastic.  I like the spidering also.  AC4U from me also!
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Re: First Stilton
« Reply #9 on: June 01, 2016, 01:16:12 PM »
Looks great!!  AC4U!! ;D
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Re: First Stilton
« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2016, 01:24:14 PM »
Lovely! AC4U.
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Re: First Stilton
« Reply #11 on: June 04, 2016, 02:54:19 PM »
Very nice! Cheese to you!
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Re: First Stilton
« Reply #12 on: June 06, 2016, 12:49:08 AM »
Very impressive blue veins & chunkability... Have a cheese. :)

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Re: First Stilton
« Reply #13 on: June 07, 2016, 07:11:45 AM »
Great looking cheese  :). I am 2 weeks into my first Stilton and I can only hope that it comes out looking like this one.
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Re: First Stilton
« Reply #14 on: June 07, 2016, 02:07:28 PM »
Quote from: Gobae on June 01, 2016, 03:12:37 AM
Well, we cracked the Stilton open on Sunday and here was the end result.
  even people who claimed "I don't like blue cheese" came back for more. So I'm calling this a success!

Ahhh , the blues , my favorite cheeses , funny , I find that most people think they don't like blue cheese , and once you get them to try some , they like it !

That one looks fantastic , Have another , from me !
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