Every quarter or so, we do an "International Dinner Night" with a bunch of friends. We choose a country and make (as much from scratch as possible) the classic foods from that country. This time it's "England" and so I decided to make a Stilton. I used the recipe from Karlin's "Artisan Cheesemaking At Home".
So far it seems like everything went well; unlike last weekend when I forgot the MA4000 culture (DOH!). I just got done rubbing and smoothing the outside. Now it's into the cave to grow some mold.
(http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm307/Gobae/hostedimages/stilton.jpg)
Ohh I'll keep my eye on this one.
Looks good Gobae.
John
What size is that cheese?
4.5" dia x 4" high
Interesting, that's the smallest blue I've seen next to a cambozola. Should be interesting to watch develop. ???
Well, we cracked the Stilton open on Sunday and here was the end result.
(http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm307/Gobae/Stilton-3.jpg)
The "blue" mold was more of a grey-brown, it tasted just like the Stilton I bought from the local cheesemonger (I had never had Stilton before so I bought some a few weeks ago for comparison), over 1/2# was consumed with gusto in little more than an hour, and even people who claimed "I don't like blue cheese" came back for more. So I'm calling this a success!
Looks fantastic. I especially like the nice clean skewer line of blue mold and the vericose veins around it :D
AC4U
I think it looks fantastic. I like the spidering also. AC4U from me also!
Looks great!! AC4U!! ;D
Lovely! AC4U.
Very nice! Cheese to you!
Very impressive blue veins & chunkability... Have a cheese. :)
-Boofer-
Great looking cheese :). I am 2 weeks into my first Stilton and I can only hope that it comes out looking like this one.
Quote from: Gobae on June 01, 2016, 03:12:37 AM
Well, we cracked the Stilton open on Sunday and here was the end result.
even people who claimed "I don't like blue cheese" came back for more. So I'm calling this a success!
Ahhh , the blues , my favorite cheeses , funny , I find that most people think they don't like blue cheese , and once you get them to try some , they like it !
That one looks fantastic , Have another , from me !
Wow, nice blue .... AC4U
Just saw this, what a great looking Stilton! A cheese to you.