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Homemade Cream Cheese

Yield: 1½ lbs. cream cheese

1 qt. whole milk
1 qt. heavy cream
1/8 teaspoon Mesophilic M
¼ teaspoon calcium chloride solution
1 teaspoon weak rennet solution (To make a weak rennet solution: Dissolve ¼ rennet tablet in ¼ cup distilled water.)

Combine milk and cream in a 3 – 4 qt. pot. Heat over medium low heat until 86° F is reached. Remove pot from heat.
Sprinkle Mesophilic M over the surface of the mixture and let set for 2 – 3 minutes. Gently stir culture into the milk and cream mixture. Dilute calcium chloride solution in 2 Tablespoons distilled water and stir into mixture.
Add 1 teaspoon of weak rennet solution and gently stir in for about ½ minute. Cover pot and leave at room temperature of at least 68 F overnight.
Next day, gently ladle the soft curd into a colander lined with a double thicknessof fine cheesecloth. The doubled cloth should be at least 24” x 24”. Lift the four corners of the cheesecloth, forming a draining bag around the curd. Hang the bag to drain overnight.
Next day, remove the cheese from the draining bag and mix in ½ teaspoon cheese salt or to taste. Refrigerate. Cheese should keep for up to two weeks.

Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis, cremoris, biovar diacetylactis.

Store unused portions in the freezer for up to 6 months. Requires the use of rennet.

Mesophilic-M is for fresh cheeses such as Camembert, Gouda, Blue, Baby Swiss and others where a buttery flavor and eye formation is desired. 1/4 teaspoon will ripen 3 to 5 gallons of milk. Add to milk when any recipe calls for the addition of starter. Package contains eight 1/4 teaspoons, enough to prepare eight 5 gallon batches.

Bulk pack contains enough starter for 288 gallons of milk

Cheese Cloth Fine 2 yd. $5.95
Cheese Cloth Fine 60 yd. $159.00
Used for draining soft cheeses, butter and yogurt. Easily cleaned and reused.

one microbial tablet will set 8 to 12 gallons of milk

Microbial coagulant contains for animal products

This product contains no animal products. Marschall milk coagulant tablets are enzymatic preparations specially designed to be used in small volume cheese making to coagulate milk and to produce cheese of excellent quality. Each tablet is uniform allowing tablets to be divided as needed for the most economical usage. One-half of a tablet will set 3 gallons of milk in approximately 45 minutes. Each tablet is individual wrapped and will keep in the freezer for three years. Available worldwide.