- Recipe is for 1 Gallon of Milk (Whole of 1-2% Milk for dryer curds)
- Ingredients:
- Mesophilic Starter Culture Aroma B, LyoPro Florilac or Flora Danica
- Liquid Calcium Chloride (1/4 tsp)
- Liquid Microbial Rennet 1/4 tsp or 1/4 tablet Marschall Veg Rennet tabs
- Warm your milk slowly to 70f.
- Add 1/8 tsp Mesophile Aroma B or Flora Danica starter culture
- Stir in cultures for a few minutes using top-stirring.
- add 1/4 tsp liquid calcium chloride
- add 1/4 tsp or 1/4 tablet microbial vegetarian rennet
- Cover and allow to ripen for two hours at room temperature (70f).
- Cut curd into ½ inch pieces and let rest for 5 minutes.
- Now stir the curds for another 2-3 minutes.
- During the next hour, slowly warm the curds to 115f (46f). Stir periodically.
- After an hour the curds should be the size of navy beans, firm but not too hard.
- Gently ladle the curds into a fine mesh draining bag or fine holed colander.
- Rinse with cold non-chlorinated water until all whey is drained from the cottage cheese curds.
- Add salt to taste and store in container for about a week.
- Enjoy.
-The CheeseMaker