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artmustel

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Doubling a cheese recipe?
« on: June 13, 2017, 12:05:32 AM »
Hello; I am new to cheese making and I  am very excited because my first attempt (fresh cheese) resulted very good. I used a gallon of pasteurized/homogeneized milk, 1/8 ts pf calcium chloride, 1/8 ts of mesophyllic, 1/8ts of animal rennet and 1 Tbs of kosher salt. All that yielded 1.2 pounds of cheese, which family devoured in a couple of days. now i would like to make this recipe double, with 2 gallons of milk, but I am unsure if doubling the other ingredients would be the right thing to do since i know sometimes you cannot double everything on other kitchen recipes. Do you think i would be ok using 1/4 ts of each (calcium chloride, mesophyllic and rennet, and 2 tbs of salt?). Thank you in anticipation!

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Re: Doubling a cheese recipe?
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2017, 04:45:30 PM »
In general, yes - just double all of your ingredients. Meanwhile, welcome to the forum - and to the addiction hobby of making cheese!
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artmustel

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Re: Doubling a cheese recipe?
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2017, 09:06:38 PM »
Haha!

Thanks, Andy

DoctorCheese

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Re: Doubling a cheese recipe?
« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2017, 02:28:39 AM »
Any time I have wanted to make a larger quantity of a recipe, I just multiplied everything straight across and have had no problems yet.

matsnykanen

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Re: Doubling a cheese recipe?
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2017, 11:20:32 AM »
Good to know that this is the case. And welcome to the forums, artmustel!