Home-Made Cheese: Artisan Cheesemaking Made Simple [Hardcover]

Halloumi, ricotta, curd, cr?me fra?che, butter... A session with artisan cheese-maker Paul Thomas was a perfect balance of accessible technical information and divine dairy, all of which went into lunch. This highly recommended course backs up Paul's book that covers entry level soft cheeses through to the more complex hard and blue varieties. His science background and experience as an adviser at international level places him in a perfect position to bring the pleasure of creating cheese in any kitchen. The basic start-up costs are around ?30, says Paul. If you ve got a big pan and a couple of colanders you're on the whey - so to speak! He even uses pond baskets as moulds. Butter was extraordinarily easy, requiring a bowl, an electric whisk and chilled water for washing the salt to taste. With bread and salad we created a veritable feast.From feta to cheddar and all stops inbetween. This marvellous book will have you making cheese like a pro in no time So you ve done slow smoking, you ve cured your own bacon, you ve made your own yoghurt and you ve even tried your hand at making your own gin (why not, it seems everybody else has). So in 2017, what about making some cheese? Ah yes lovely, lovely cheese, how many of us have fallen into a trance in a cheese shop as we contemplate the abundance of riches? One of my old bosses gave up his job to open a cheese shop in the Lake District; a year later we heard he had gone bust because he couldn t stop eating his own stock. Never get high on your own supply, eh? Except perhaps when you make it yourself. How hard can it be when the bass player of a pop band can make a success of it? Well the title of this book promises much. Artisan cheese making made simple, and as you read on, the temptation to get cheesy becomes overwhelming. Paul Thomas knows his stuff, he has a degree in Biochemistry and is a Fellow of the Institute of Food Science and Technology. He also runs cheese making courses at River Cafe and owns and runs Thimblc"