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CHEESE TYPE BOARDS (for Cheese Lovers and Cheese Makers) => RENNET COAGULATED - Semi-Hard "Sweet" Washed Curd => Topic started by: timsumrall on July 05, 2018, 10:44:32 AM

Title: Havarti #1
Post by: timsumrall on July 05, 2018, 10:44:32 AM
Even after pressing this was like picking up jello. Okay, maybe not that bad but I was surprised. I was sure it would pancake.

It leaked whey for days. I had to put a bowl under it. Finally settled down as the rind firmed up.  I bound it with cloth after a week.

I'm not sure about putting a vac on it so, at least for now, I'll use a ripening box.

Based on https://www.cheesemaking.com/store/pg/208-Havarti.html (https://www.cheesemaking.com/store/pg/208-Havarti.html) My build attached
Title: Re: Havarti #1
Post by: panamamike on July 05, 2018, 05:23:57 PM
Nice cheese Tim. That was the first cheese I made. I made it with dill seed instead of dill weed ( I bought the wrong thing in the States ). Mine was very soft at first also. It will firm up.
AC4U!
Title: Re: Havarti #1
Post by: timsumrall on July 15, 2018, 06:35:03 AM
Thanks Mike. No spices this go around. Maybe next time.