making cheese

[sargent spurs]

Does anyone have any good recipes for making cow milk cheese? Our cow gives too much milk to drink, so we want to make some cheese too keep up with her.

 

[TOP KNOT]

Hobby farms put out special issues her is the one on cheese making

Cheese It!
For all of the adventurous cheese makers, Cheese It! reduces the mysteries of transforming a couple of gallons of milk into a couple of pounds of delicious cheese. Artisanal cheese maker and author Cole Dawson leads the whey for beginners through the art and science of cheese making, including detailed advice on milk, coagulants and curds, equipment, safety, and more. Buy it online!

 

[Life is Good!]

I've made ricotta cheese from cow's milk. Used it for lasagna - very yummy. Easy too. And once the ricotta has formed, you're left with a large amount of buttermilk. So, I make buttermilk bread with it. Yum! Here's a few recipes I've tried over the years.

http://aboveanitalianrestaurant.blogspot.com/2010/04/buttermilk-bread.html

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Buttermilk-Bread-II/

http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Favorite-Buttermilk-Bread

http://www.food.com/recipe/buttermilk-bread-144544

Good luck with the cheese! I'm thinking we're having lasagna for dinner, as I'm now drooling in my keyboard!

 

[sargent spurs]

Thank you for the tips, I will sure have fun making some cheese.