How to Make Cheese

Making cheese at home is as easy as baking a pie at home. There are not too many ingredients which you will need to make cheese at home. In fact, you can make cheese from the ingredients and equipment which are easily found in any functioning kitchen. Having said that, let's see cheese making process.

Making Cheese At Home
With this recipe, you will easily be able to make cheese at home, with the cheese ingredients listed below. Let's see the cheese making process.

Ingredients

• Whole Milk, 1.25 gallons
• Non-iodized Salt, 4 teaspoons
• Liquid Rennet, 3 Drops
• Buttermilk, 2 cups

Method

• Warm the milk in a stainless steel pot till the temperature reads 80 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Stir buttermilk into the milk. Stir for about a minute and half.
• Then add diluted rennet solution (3 drops of rennet with one-third cup of water) to the milk and buttermilk mixture.
• After stirring well, cover the pot with a tight-fitting lid.
• Allow the milk to set at room temperature for eight to twelve hours. In this step, the texture of milk will change and it will resemble thick, soft cheese.
• Take another pot and cover it with the cheese cloth. Pour the cheese mixture on the cheese cloth. Let the cheese drain for six to eight hours. In this time, most of the water will be drained off and the cheese will become fairly thick.
• After the cheese water has drained add salt to it. If you want to add any flavors, you can do so now. Your cheese is now ready

Making Cottage Cheese
Cottage cheese derives its name from the fact that it can easily be made at home.

Ingredients

• Milk 2, cups
• Vinegar or Lemon Juice, 4 teaspoons
• Salt

Method

• Pour the milk in a sauce pan and slowly bring it to a boil.
• Once the milk starts boiling, turn the burner off and add vinegar to the boiling milk. When you add vinegar, the milk will separate into curd and whey.
• Stir well with a spoon and then let it settle for 45 to 60 minutes.
• Pass the curds and whey through a cheese cloth. This step will separate the curds from the whey.
• Press the cheese in the cloth, so that there is no remnants of moisture in it.
• Add salt to the cheese and then press again to remove any extra moisture present in it.
• Put the cheese into a mold and refrigerate for about an hour and half before you eat it.

Making Cheese Dip
Cheese dips are favorite with people of all age groups. Let's see how to make it.

Ingredients

• Ground Beef, 1 pound
• Salsa, 1 Can
• Cheddar Cheese, 1 block

Method

• Slice the cheese into chunks of about one inch in size.
• In a pot, brown the beef, and when you are doing that use a spoon and break it into little pieces.
• Remove the pot from the stove and drain out the grease, as too much of grease spoils the consistency of the cheese dip.
• Place the pot on the stove again on medium heat and add salsa to it. Stir well, making sure the salsa and meat have blended well.
• Now add the cheese chunks and keep stirring the mixture continuously. Cheddar cheese melts quickly, hence you will have to make sure it does not stick to the bottom of the pan and burn.
• Once the cheese and meat mixture have blended well, remove the pan from the stove.

Making Cheese Sauce
Ingredients

• Cheddar Cheese (grated), 115 grams
• Milk, 600 ml
• Plain Flour, 40 grams
• Butter, 40 grams
• Salt and Pepper, to taste

Method

• In a sauce pan heat milk, flour and butter on medium low flame. Constantly keep stirring the ingredients, until the mixture simmers.
• On low, continue to stir the mixture for 5 minutes, till you see a smooth and thick sauce form.
• Add the grated cheese to the pan. Stir to make sure the sauce does not stick to the bottom of the pan. Then add salt and pepper to the mixture and mix thoroughly.
• Remove from the pan and it is ready to be savored.

After reading how to make cheese, are you not of the opinion that cheese making is indeed easy? You can make cheese on a weekend, to suffice you for the entire coming week. If you are able to make cheese, making cheese dip and cheese sauce will not a difficult task.