Vik Mature Cheese Culture For 20 Liters of Milk
€4.95
Nearly all shop bought milk is both pasteurized and homegenized, but if you are using unpasteurized milk, than you should pasteurize it at at 72 oC for 15 seconds. When the milk drops to 42 oC add the cheese culture. When it drops to 36 oC, add the the liquid rennet. The curd should be formed after 18 to 20 minutes. Cut the curd without breaking it using a blade into 10 cm wide slices and then cut again very carefully to create cubes about 10 cm square. Heat the curd back up to 40 oC and them carefully shake it without breaking it for about 5 minutes and lay it gently in the molds. The first turn is made after 20 minutes, and the second turn is made 30 minutes after this. Wait a couple of hours and turn it again, salting the surfaces with fine salt and bring the cheese to a maturing cellar or at somewhere with a constant temperature of 10 to 12 oC. The cheese can then be seasoned.
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1706160006