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Title: Cambozola / Blue Brie #1
Post by: shaneb on February 05, 2015, 08:33:22 AM
Hi All,

Mid January I attempted a Cambozola based on the wiki recipe. All looks good, and it was punctured a couple of weeks ago with chopsticks. All holes have for the most part closed over. It has been in a cold fridge for a while now and I'm now at a point where I feel a little give in the cheese when I do daily flips. Is Cambozola ripened to the point that a brie would be, or is it supposed to stay a little firm?

Below are the before and after pics. I will try and post the make sheet soon.

Thanks for your wise words.

Shane
Title: Re: Cambozola / Blue Brie #1
Post by: shaneb on February 05, 2015, 09:41:19 AM
Here is a copy of the make sheet. Was my first cheese with liquid rennet. The cheese was in a ripening container for ten days @ 11°C. It has been at 3°C since then.

Shane
Title: Re: Cambozola / Blue Brie #1
Post by: hoeklijn on February 05, 2015, 04:00:37 PM
Mine are more in the ratio of a camembert, so smaller in diameter but higher. I let them ripen until they get softer in the middle...
Title: Re: Cambozola / Blue Brie #1
Post by: shaneb on February 05, 2015, 11:54:14 PM
Thanks Herman. The cambozola is 20cm diameter by 25mm high and weighs around 670g at the moment. I suspect it still has a few weeks to go then. It will be interesting to see if there is any blue inside. I've never seen anything on the outside, but I hear PC will win that battle anyway.

Shane
Title: Re: Cambozola / Blue Brie #1
Post by: hoeklijn on February 06, 2015, 04:05:27 PM
Could't find the example I posted before, so here it is again:
(http://flexiprogram-public.s3.amazonaws.com/IMG_0857_Cambozola.jpg)
Title: Re: Cambozola / Blue Brie #1
Post by: shaneb on February 06, 2015, 10:27:31 PM
Very nice. Can't wait to open mine.