The cut curds will sink and separate from the whey and you can drain off the majority of the liquid, using a good old fashioned cut-hose siphon method. This is a handy thing to know in case you’d ever like to steal some petrol.
All tagged Cheesemaking
Chef's Gap Year: A Cheesy Morning
During my time in the factory I came to the conclusion that good cheesemakers require several key attributes: cleanliness, punctuality, and accuracy.
Second Mouse Cheese
Cheesemaking was traditionally the domain of peasant women, which was part of the reason I was so interested in including it in my chefs gap year. A culinary art form with a feminine history, now mostly industrialised but being reclaimed as a craft by modern female producers? Well that ticks a LOT of boxes.