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GENERAL CHEESE MAKING BOARDS (Specific Cheese Making in Boards above) => STANDARD METHODS - Making Cheese, Coagulation => Topic started by: max1 on December 10, 2011, 04:27:18 PM
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Hi all,
I am currently making a washed rind cheese. I added, after ripening milk to 6.55, 5 drops of rennet per liter of milk (5x6liters). After 20 mins I still had not obtained flocculation and the milk was still very liquid. So I decided to add another 6 drops and stirred it in. I obtained flocculation 5 minutes after that. My question is, what is my flocculation time? 5min or 25-30 min? How long should I wait before cutting?
I probably won't have an answer in time but thought I'd put this out there anyway.
Thanks!
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Your floc is 15-18 mins. Wait for total ~50 mins, confirm curd strength by checking manually for cleanness of cleave for your desired moisture target.
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Thanks, I ended up leaving it for a total of 80 min (I used multiplier of 4 and a flocc time of 20 min)
Out of curiosity, how did you come up with 15-18 min?
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Weighted average for speed of reaction given your pH and meso temp guesstimate. 80 mins should give MFFB of ~44% using normal size curd, or more with larger curd.
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Linuxboy, what is MFFB?
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moisture in fat-free basis. It's one essential part of determining cheese identity and standards, and one way that floc and curd size can be used in achieving a specific target.