Cam # 8

[awakephd]

It's been a while since I posted any "cheese porn"; I thought I'd shoot a couple of pictures of one of my 8th batch of camemberts ("Malemberts"). I do love this recipe!

2 gallons whole milk + 1 pt cream (all P&H, unfortunately -- UP in the case of the cream)
1/8 tsp CaCl crystals dissolved in ~ 2 Tbs distilled water
1/4 tsp Flora Danica
1/16 tsp MA011
1/32 tsp PC
1/64 tsp Geo
1/2 tsp rennet in 1/4 cup distilled water

Add CaCl, heat to 88-90°F, add cultures, incubate for 90 minutes. Reheat to 88-90°F if needed, add rennet. Cut into 1" cubes after 60 minutes. Rest 5 minutes; stir very gently for 15 minutes; rest 5 minutes; ladle curds into 3 5.5" diameter molds. (Yes, more of baby-baby bries than cams in size -- I use what I have!) Flip every 15 minutes for 1.5 hours. Continue to drain overnight. Salt using 3/4 tsp salt per side (salt one side, wait 12 hours, salt other side). Put in ripening boxes in cave for ~1 week until well covered with PC; wrap in ripening paper and move to cold fridge for ~ 5 more weeks.

The cam below was made on 2/23, just over six weeks old. Just a hint of a core left, but mostly all gooey goodness. Yum!

[H-K-J]

OOOOOOO, can't wate for my new ones to get ripened ^-^
Ten more days  :o
AC4U  

[Andrew Marshallsay]

MAGNIFICENT! A cheese for your cheese.

[awakephd]

Thank you! And yes, waiting for these is definitely the hardest part. At about 4-1/2 weeks from the start, I start feeling them obsessively, hoping the increasing squishiness means they are ready, and knowing it is still too early. Often I succumb at around 5 weeks, even though it is still early -- at that point, there is a fairly sizeable core that is not yet gooey, but it still tastes good, and it tides me over until the rest are really ready. :)

[olikli]

That looks wonderful. Surely deserves a cheese!

[AnnDee]

This one looks ooey gooey all over, AC4U!

[wattlebloke]

Oh yum! you've nailed this recipe, and all with PH milk..well done that man! Perserverence pays doesn't it? AC4U !

[ksk2175]

Looks awesome and tasty ... Great job indeed. AC4U

[Boofer]

Looks Gooey & Sinful to me. Sweet!

Have a cheese, Andy. 8)

-Boofer-