Goat cheese using rennet. HOW????

[natty threads]

There's quite a bit on-line, and I can probably figure it out, but the people here have such great experience.

I bought rennet tabs- junket- that was all that was available.

I have a couple of gallons of goat's milk.

What do I do?

Which are the best links?

THANK-YOU.

[momof23goats]

There's quite a bit on-line, and I can probably figure it out, but the people here have such great experience.

I bought rennet tabs- junket- that was all that was available.

I have a couple of gallons of goat's milk.

What do I do?

Which are the best links?

THANK-YOU.

well, not much with just that. but you could add one, and let it go into curds.
I would take the milk up to just under 100 degrees, then add the rennent according to instrutions on the box.

then put the whole thing in a jelly sleeve, and let the whey drip into a bowl or something. must hang for a while a couple of hours at least.


then press curds into a cheese press, or a jar, for a soft type cheese,like a spread cheese sort of.
or cut your curds smaller, and add a bit of milk for cottege cheese.

[natty threads]

Where can I order starters for different cheeses?

Is there a recommended place?

What will I get with rennet-

Just something like cottage cheese?

Hubby loves that- maybe he'll love goat cottage cheese-

What kind of bacteria do I need to add?

I have buttermilk.

I saw that in a recipe.

???

Thank-you.

[hunybee]

you can use kefir as a starter

[natty threads]

you can use kefir as a starter

For cheese?

[goatlady]

Go to The New England Cheese Company web site - Ricki is THE expert on cheese making and her culture prices are the best around. Sign up for her free email newletter andor/ buy her book How to make cheese. It's THE cheese amking book. I quit using plain rennet as soon as I discovered the culture packets - they already have the correct proportion of rennet added in with the culture that makes different cheese (flavors) like ricotta, cream, chevrot, brie, chedder swiss, everything.

[hunybee]

For cheese?

yah, for cheese.

but i like goatlady's thing too. that's good to have it all ready for each type