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DIY Cheese

Article published 7th May 10
DIY Cheese EatDrink

What:
DIY cheese

Where:
Your bitchin' kitchen

How much:
About $3 for a small portion

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"I was free and clear. I was living the dream. I was stripped to the waist eating a block of cheese the size of a car battery." - George Costanza

There I was, living the dream, the day I had to taste-test 50 cheeses in a day as part of job training. I didn't sleep that night for fear of fright, I didn't even slip into one of those Danish Brie lucid hallucinations either. Moderation, I can honestly say, is the key to cheese consumption - or at least sticking to one type of the ol' condemned milk. Paneer cheese won't give you too much trouble (maybe it's the lack of age), but it's easy to make in your kitchen with a pot and some cloth, and it tastes awesome. Follow the simple recipe below, and pretty soon you'll be eating the best Paneer dish on the block; spinach and cheese calzone or toasted paneer cheese sandwich anyone? If you want to get extreme, get a kit from here.

Ingredients: (double the recipe if you want more cheese)
2L of milk, juice of one lemon or 1tbsp vinegar, a teaspoon of salt, muslin/cheesecloth (or some fairly fine fabric will do), 1x colander, and 1x pot. Optional ingredients incl. cumin and chilli for an Indian flavour, finely sliced olives or basil for Italian.

Instructions:
Bring the milk and a tiny bit of salt to boiling point, then quickly turn it off and add the lemon. Keep stirring and you should see the curds and whey separating - until milk is completely curdled. Take it away from the heat and strain it through a muslin cloth (easiest when the muslin cloth is lining a colander), and let it drain for about 2 mins. Pick it up and gather the muslin together, squeezing out any excess water, then tie a knot in the top and let it hang for about 30 mins. You can cut it up and eat it now, but it tastes better after its been in the fridge for a few hours. Fry it, marinate it, eat the whole damn lot of it. You'll be livin' the dream.

By Sarah Werkmeister

Location: Other

Venue Type: DIY

Keywords: DIY, Cooking, Cheese

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