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Gift Idea #4 - Goat Milk Cheddar

Gift Idea #4 - Goat Milk Cheddar - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

This is the fourth in a series of gift ideas for the upcoming holidays. There’s still plenty of time to make this cheese and give it to a lucky friend.

We know SO many goat owners who haven’t found the time (or courage) to make their own cheese. Giving them a cheese you made yourself in a basket of cheese making supplies would be the perfect gift.

Here’s an easy cheese that you still have time to make before the holiday season begins:

Goat Milk Cheddar
From Home Cheese Making by Ricki Carroll, page 186

2 gallons whole goat’s milk
1 packet direct-set mesophilic starter or 4 ounces prepared mesophilic starter
1/2 teaspoon liquid rennet (or 1/2 rennet tablet) diluted in 1/2 cup cool, unchlorinated water
Cheese salt
Cheese wax (optional)
1/8 teaspoon calcium chloride diluted in 1/4 cup water (optional)

1. Heat the milk to 85F.

I buy my goat’s milk from a neighbor.
It helps to have a dairy thermometer and a flat ladle.

Add the starter; mix well.

Direct set starter is the easiest whey to go.

Cover and allow the milk to ripen for 30 minutes.

I use the stove timer.

2. Add diluted rennet.

If you use vegetable rennet, cut the amount in half.

YIELD: 2 pounds

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