CHEESEMAKING

Raw Pepper-jack Cheese

Ingredients: 2 gallons whole raw milk 1/4 cup kefir or 1/4 cup ripe clabber or 1 packet direct-set mesophilic culture Diced hot peppers...

Isabelle's Lemon Cheesecake

My 16-year-old daughter loves baking, in fact she recently opened her own home-based bakery business (glassfrogpatisserie.com) and is...

Soft, Chèvre-style Goat Cheese

Sometimes I get asked why we keep dairy goats when we have several cows we milk, this cheese is why. I can't live without it! Also,...

Raw Milk Quark Soft Spreadable Cheese

We make a lot of sourdough bagels (recipe here), so we need a lot of cream cheese, but I don't always want to sacrifice all my cream to...

Raw Milk Asiago Cheese Recipe

Ingredients: 2 gallons whole raw milk 1/2 cup clabber culture OR 1/2 cup (homemade) kefir OR 1/2 tsp direct-set thermophilic culture 1/2...

How to Make Raw Milk Cultured Cream Cheese (two ways!)

"Cream cheese" from the store is lifeless! It doesn't have live cultures in it and it includes unnecessary thickeners and preservatives....

Homemade Raw Milk Cottage Cheese Recipe

Cottage cheese is one of the simplest cheeses to make and does not require rennet. There are versions that use rennet but I have found...

Keeping a Clabber Culture

Keeping a clabber culture is a must if you have access to raw milk! It's similar to maintaining a sourdough starter but even easier. ...

Radical Food

Sourdough bagels + raw cultured cream cheese =🤩 There are few things more dear to my heart than bread and cheese. Cream cheese and...

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