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Title: Cheddar - Using Skimmed & Full Cream Milk
Post by: Gustav on May 08, 2011, 05:40:49 PM
Hi there!

I'm just wondering what the result wil be if I made cheddar cheese from a mixture of 10 Litres of skimmed milk & 5 Litres of full cream jersey milk?
Title: Re: Cheddar - Using Skimmed & Full Cream Milk
Post by: MrsKK on May 08, 2011, 10:54:51 PM
You'll get less cheese than if you use all full cream milk.  It may end up dryer, too.
Title: Re: Cheddar - Using Skimmed & Full Cream Milk
Post by: zenith1 on May 09, 2011, 11:11:55 PM
You would certainly end up with a cheese that you would be happy to eat. It wouldn't exactly be a cheddar, but you have made it your own. Think up a name for it and go with it. Like Karen has stated it likely will not be as creamy in texture as a traditional cheddar, but what the heck, go for it.
Title: Re: Cheddar - Using Skimmed & Full Cream Milk
Post by: Gustav on May 10, 2011, 05:06:34 AM
I got alot of skimmed milk due to cream seperation that we sell & need to do something with it.
One can only make so much yoghurt though.
Title: Re: Cheddar - Using Skimmed & Full Cream Milk
Post by: Gustav on May 10, 2011, 06:53:18 AM
This is how it came out.
I had a bit of trouble with the clean break (Think I should've added some calcium chloride since it had alot of skimmed milk)
My hand slipped a bit with the annato colourant (a bit orange)

On 15 Litres of milk I got 1.75kg of cheese.
Title: Re: Cheddar - Using Skimmed & Full Cream Milk
Post by: MrsKK on May 11, 2011, 03:18:33 AM
I use skimmed milk to make mozzarella and parmesan.  Your cheese is looking good!
Title: Re: Cheddar - Using Skimmed & Full Cream Milk
Post by: Gustav on May 11, 2011, 04:40:01 AM
I made the 30 min mozarella with skimmed milk & it didn't come out as nice as with full cream milk.
Got the right moz cultures now, so not gonna make the 30 min again.

I wil propably make a parmesan cheese coz I got 20litres of skimmed milk.