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CHEESE TYPE BOARDS (for Cheese Lovers and Cheese Makers) => RENNET COAGULATED - Hard Cheddared (Normally Stacked & Milled) => Topic started by: chilipepper on December 27, 2008, 04:19:00 AM

Title: Chilipepper's Cheese #003 - Farmhouse Cheddar
Post by: chilipepper on December 27, 2008, 04:19:00 AM

Well here is the fruit of my first hard cheese adventure.  Only about 1 month old.

I don't have any pictures of the process but the recipe is pretty much verbatim from Ricki's book with store bought whole milk.  I didn't add calcium chloride however.

The cheese is well for lack of a better description...damn good!  Maybe a little dry but I've never had a farmhouse cheddar to compare it to.  It has a nice mild cheddar flavor and certainly gives context to the efforts.  I vacuum packed the other half and will try it again in a month or so... If I can wait that long!

(http://www.kesabe.com/cheese/Farmhouse_Cheddar001.jpg)

(http://www.kesabe.com/cheese/Farmhouse_Cheddar002.jpg)

Title: Re: Chilipepper's Cheese #003 - Farmhouse Cheddar
Post by: Cheese Head on December 27, 2008, 04:21:58 AM

Well that did turn out well, congrats . . . you going to re-use the wax?

Title: Re: Chilipepper's Cheese #003 - Farmhouse Cheddar
Post by: chilipepper on December 27, 2008, 04:31:03 AM

I hope to.  I put it in a plastic baggie for now.  I need to figure out how to clean as there is a little cheese stuck to it prior to adding it back to the vat of wax.

Title: Re: Chilipepper's Cheese #003 - Farmhouse Cheddar
Post by: Tea on December 27, 2008, 08:21:44 PM

Congrats Chilipepper that looks great.