My First Stilton Cheese - Huge Success!! Phew!

[lorrainey100]

I just made my first Stilton cheese which was a success. The pictures below are Stilton at 4 weeks, 6 weeks and cracked open at 10 weeks.  I made sure humidity stayed at a constant 90% by buying small hygrometers for $1-2 each from ebay and placing it in the cheese container, temperature was a constant 13 degrees celsius. If it was too humid, I opened the lid of my cheese container and placed bowls of salt in the fridge on the top shelf, microwaving for 1-2 min every week to dehydrate the salt and reuse again to lower the humidity in the fridge.  If it was too dry, I placed the lid of the cheese container back on to keep the moisture in.  I checked the humidity and temperature everyday. The flavour was very creamy, had the Stilton flavour and overall exceeded my expectations for a first timer. I used the Gavin Webber recipe which you can find on Youtube

[cheesehead94]

Wow, looks amazing! Allow me to give you your first cheese!

[TravisNTexas]

That really does look marvelous!  Another cheese for you!

[lorrainey100]

Thanks for the cheese!