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I haven't posted in a few years because I haven't done anything new, just my usual cheeses for home consumption and occasional gifts, but recently I was asked to make a cheese for a celebration to be a centerpiece of a snack table. I decide to make a butterkaese, but I added .8 grams of saffron to make it festive. I was surprised at how well the flavors blended! This is a very tasty cheese with a mild delicate but complex flavor. The milk was all Jersey grazing on pretty lush pasture, which helps. this cheese will enter my regular roster.
Dave in CT

Beautiful Dave
AC4U, love the impression

Awesome Dave.  AC4U also.  How about the recipe?

Welcome back, Dave.

You're the fourth member (that I know of) to return to the forum this week. Yay!

Very pretty cheese. Have a cheese.

-Boofer-

Beautiful cheese...
How do you make that lovely imprint on it?

The recipe was straight out of 100 Easy Cheese Recipes, with the addition of the saffron. I made a tea from the saffron and stirred it into the milk along with the strands at the beginning. The color at first pressing was quite a bit lighter than this, it got to this color as it dried. I made the laurel leaf shapes by cutting cutting matte with my circle punch. I often use plastic letters to mark the date and style. I broiled some of this for breakfasst this morning, and I believe that it will be my go-to broiling cheese.

You will get more flavor (and color) if you add the saffron to the curds instead of to the milk. Nice imprint. Good job Dave.

The imprint is very cool. If you don't mind, I think I'll copy that idea and start doing that with my cheeses. We've got a cnc router, so hopefully I'll think of some interesting patterns/designs for imprints...maybe I'll do my silhouette. 

Lol... Endless possibilities, Mike .... Endless possibilities ...

Great looking cheese and good tasting apparently too, Dave... Thanks for sharing.

Wow, gorgeous cheese!