Heated Milk Accidentally To 90C - Saveable?

[andymick01]

I started to make my first ever cheese after reading and reading on how to do it. BUT!!! for some silly reason I've gone and heated the milk to 90 C and added to Calcium chloride and culture, I then realised that it should have been to 32 c have I now ruined the milk or can I recover it

[coffee joe]

I'm pretty new to this as well but for sure your culture is dead. You can try starting over from the right temps and see what happens. Don't add more Calcium Chloride.
If you didn't spend too much on the milk, you will have a better first time experience using the overheated milk for something else.

30ºC/86ºF
38ºC/100ºF are the 2 temps you need for mesophilic starter

[andymick01]

Thanks for the info, I've nothing to lose so I may as well carry on and add some more culture to the milk and see what happens. will let you know

[DeejayDebi]

Make sure you've cooled the milk to the right temperature before adding the culture! Good luck. Should be fine becuase you didn't add the rennet yet.

[andymick01]

Looking good, got a managed a good cut, looks like the games back on.