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CHEESE TYPE BOARDS (for Cheese Lovers and Cheese Makers) => RENNET COAGULATED - Hard Cooked (Swiss) => Topic started by: jerseyknollfarm on July 11, 2012, 10:07:30 AM

Title: 6lb Asiago
Post by: jerseyknollfarm on July 11, 2012, 10:07:30 AM
I have made one other wheel of Asiago and it got rave reviews so I made a large wheel a couple of days ago.  It came out of the brine yesterday evening.  I snapped a shot of it this morning after the surfaced had dried.

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8428/7548812274_2dc18a64ef.jpg)
Title: Re: 6lb Asiago
Post by: H-K-J on July 11, 2012, 01:40:07 PM
How many gallons did you use to get 6lb of cheese? also what are the dimensions of your mold?
just for a comparison of what I have been using  :)
very nice looking cheese, I believe you deserve one ^-^
Title: Re: 6lb Asiago
Post by: jerseyknollfarm on July 11, 2012, 01:52:05 PM
I used 6 gallons of skimmed raw jersey milk from our cows.  Then I noticed that I was supposed to use full fat milk so I added 2 quarts of the cream I just skimmed back to it.  The final cheese weighed 6.37lbs.  I used a 8.25" diameter Tomme mold.

For further comparison.  I made a colby yesterday using 6 gallons of milk and the cheese is only 5.5lbs roughly.