Camembert - Andrée's first try !

[beechercreature]

lookin good. i just made my first cam this saturday

[Andree]

I just cut the slightly smallest of the two cheeses...

it has been 31 days since the making of the cheeses

Smells very good, and looks very nice too !
Tastes good also, but since I just put PC, the taste is not really there.. it's not like a store-bought Camembert. But the texture is there!

[Andree]

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[DeejayDebi]

It looks really good!

[beechercreature]

that's a fine looking cheese, well done!

[Vina]

It looks fantastic! congrats!

just wondering - why mine turned out firm and somewhat... dry? (humidity in 'cave' is between 97-100% and temps +2 till +6*Celsius)

[Andree]

Thanks !

Vina: What exactly is your "cave" ?

[Andree]

Vina: as you can see, I put mine in a plastic container just as big as I need to fit my two cheeses. elevated with a metal rack with a plastic mesh on it. And with a paper towel underneath.

Every day or every other day, I take the cheeses out to give them some air 5-10 min, to turn them, tapping down the PC. I also change the humid paper towel and put a new one, And I wipe the sides and the lid of the container to avoid drops falling on the cheeses.

Maybe your cave didn't really have the good humidity?
I know I had the right humidity because there was mini-droplets (I don't know how to say it) forming in the container, and because the paper towel always came out a little humid. I do not have a humidity reader, because I know a lot are not adequate, not giving the right percentage.

[mtncheesemaker]

That is a really nice looking cheese!
Congrats.

[Andree]

Thanks 

[OudeKaas]

Wow, looks spot on! Great texture. Is the flavor more like a brie with only PC?

I am having a cam experience more like Vina's, although I think relatively low humidity (like 80%) in my 'cave' fridge is the likely culprit. I will have to try the damp towel and box method next time . . .

[Andree]

In fact, the taste is good, but do not taste a lot.. almost no taste at all, very... neutral. Not like store-bought Cam or Brie that have a little taste of "je-ne-sais-quoi". I will have to buy GC to use some and try again or maybe I'll just buy a cheese just to inoculate my future cheeses.

And, just to be sure, I put a dry paper towel in the container, and it comes out humid. I don't have to humidify it.
But if it had turned out dry one day, I would have put a humid one, just to maintain a certain humidity

[knipknup]

That looks really good!  Dang it, now I want to make one of those too!

[Andree]

Thanks, and go for it ! This was my very first cheese, maybe beginners luck, but it was really fun to make