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CHEESE TYPE BOARDS (for Cheese Lovers and Cheese Makers) => RENNET COAGULATED - Hard Cooked (Swiss) => Topic started by: amiriliano on August 11, 2014, 08:13:51 PM

Title: Check it out: 1st Asiago!!
Post by: amiriliano on August 11, 2014, 08:13:51 PM
2 month
2 gallon raw cow
SS calf rennet
MM100

57 F and 80-87% RH
Allowed thin natural rind to form which gives it a bit of a kick

Recipe from Mastering Artisan Cheesemaking
Title: Re: Check it out: 1st Asiago!!
Post by: Al Lewis on August 11, 2014, 09:12:30 PM
Looks great!!!
Title: Re: Check it out: 1st Asiago!!
Post by: janij on August 11, 2014, 10:49:21 PM
Very pretty!!  Nice job!
Title: Re: Check it out: 1st Asiago!!
Post by: Boofer on August 14, 2014, 12:04:26 AM
Looks very tasty.

Let me give you your first cheese for your efforts. Well done! :)

-Boofer-
Title: Re: Check it out: 1st Asiago!!
Post by: amiriliano on August 14, 2014, 02:13:21 AM
Thanks Boofer!
Title: Re: Check it out: 1st Asiago!!
Post by: Andrew Marshallsay on August 14, 2014, 11:50:23 AM
A nice looking cheese. Please accept another fof your efforts.
Is it wrapped in something in the first photo?
Title: Re: Check it out: 1st Asiago!!
Post by: amiriliano on August 14, 2014, 03:23:21 PM
Thanks!
No - it's the natural rind that developed in my cave. It was air dried I believe for two days so had a nice rind to start with. I brushed it every week.