Mozzarella

Since I am on the subject of food, I have to share “One-Hour Cheese” by Claudia Lucero. Several years ago I bought her DIY Cheese Kit, which has everything you need to make batches of mozzarella and ricotta cheese. And making these two cheeses is a confidence builder; they are quick and easy and once you make them you will definitely want to make more! Lucero recently published “One-Hour Cheese” with 16 cheese recipes ranging from chevre to haloumi to burrata. Recipes come with step-by-step instructions with pictures so that you know what should happen at each step. It really doesn’t get easier than that! And when you tell people that you make your own cheese, the oohs and ahhs make it all worth it.

Not sure why my words did not show up on my last post, but here goes again…

I have always wanted to learn to make mozzarella cheese since it is one of my favorites…all you need is olive oil and basil and prefection has been reached. I purchased a cheese kit from Urban Cheese Craft . It is a straight forward and simple process and the kit contains everything you need except the gallon of milk. The kit contains enough supplies to make 10 batches, which means I will be in cheese heaven for a while!

My cheese progressed exactly as the directions said until the end when I needed to stretch it. I think I overheated it during the last heating session because it was really difficult to stretch. Of course, the true test comes tomorrow when I taste it…I am keeping my fingers crossed!