I'm So Perfect I Even Make My Own Chevre Cheese...I'm Joking About The Perfect Part.

My interest in making my own cheese was not motivated by anything more than pure curiosity. I love DIY stuff. In England I had purchased some rennet in the baking aisle that was supposed to be used for a dessert called Junket. In exploring that I found this brand wasn't suitable to take it further and make cheese because it was diluted. So I searched the net and found this company that had all sorts of cheese making supplies and kits.

I was just going to order some strains, butter muslin, and rennent , and figure it out. The salesperson at the other end though I was one of many Martha Stewart watchers( seemed she just made some cheese) and advised me there was to more to cheese making than adding milk and rennet. So I purchased his easiest kit for soft cheese. This kit provided the strains to make Fromage Blanc, Chevre, Mascarpone, Creme Fraiche, and Neufchatel along with other necessary ingredients.

I just needed to supply either goats or cows milk and a few kitchen supplies.

It was really simple from this point. Heat the goats milk to 86 degrees,add Chevre culture, mix 1 teaspoon of Calcium Chloride with 2 tabelspoons Distilled water and put in the milk, cover overnight in a cast iron pot. Next morning separate the whey from the curds gently.

Tie up in the butter muslin and let drian for 6-8 hours( all done while I was at work).

Look at these beautiful curds!

Next add some flaked salt .

Put in the cheese molds that came with the kit.Let those set for 1-2 days and drain some more.

I was left with a cup of ready to eat cheese that I used up like this for Certain Someone and myself.

Baked Chevre with tomato sauce, olive oil, and basil. Delicious!

The next day I untapped my molds. I rolled one in herbs( provided in the kit) and the other set aside plain.

I cant tell you how excited I am. The finished product was excellent. Check it out for yourself.