Kefir is such a versatile cultured food, it can be used to make a variety of other cultured dairy products. Making kefir cheese culture is a good way to use up excess kefir or kefir that has over-cultured and separated. Save the whey from the draining steps and check out the many uses for whey strained from the kefir.
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INGREDIENTS AND EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE AT CULTURES FOR HEALTH
Fresh Cheese Making Kit
Fresh Cheese Making Kit
$45.99
Our most comprehensive choice, the Fresh Cheese Kit contains two starter cultures and supplies to make five different varieties of soft cheese - feta, cottage cheese, cream cheese, fromage blanc, and traditional quark. Kit contains a Mesophilic Cheese Culture, a Fresh Cheese Culture, calcium chloride, vegetable rennet, cheese salt, butter muslin, a thermometer, and an instruction and recipe booklet.
Packaging and Equipment in the kit may appear different than pictured.
Butter Muslin
Butter Muslin
$7.99
Butter Muslin is a tightly woven cloth, similar to cheesecloth, used for draining, pressing, and straining soft cheeses, yogurt or milk kefir. Butter muslin cloth also works as a breathable jar cover for all sorts of fermenting applications.
Cotton Bag for Making Cheese
Cotton Bag for Making Cheese
$5.99
Just pour cheese curds, yogurt, or anything else you want to strain into this bag and hang it from a cupboard to drain. 12" x 12".
Actual product may differ from the image above.
SUPPLIES:
- Butter Muslin,
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Cotton Bag or tight-weave cloth
- Pour the milk kefir into the cheesecloth, cotton bag or tight cloth.
- Hang above a bowl or jar and drain off whey for 12-24 hours. One the kefir has stopped dripping, wrap the cheese in the cheese cloth or towel and place it in a colander.
- Set a plate on top of the cheese and weigh the cheese down using canned foods or something similarly heavy. Start with a minimal amount of weight and continue to increase the weight every few hours until the dripping stops.
- Hard kefir cheese is generally crumbly and can be grated like mizithra or similar style cheeses.
