Home Cheese Making: Recipes for 75 Delicious Cheeses

Product Description:
The classic home cheese making primer has been updated and revised to reflect the increased interest in artisanal-quality cheeses and the availability of cheese making supplies and equipment.

Here are 85 recipes for cheeses and other dairy products that require basic cheese making techniques and the freshest of ingredients, offering the satisfaction of turning out a coveted delicacy. Among the step-by-step tested recipes for cheese varieties are farmhouse cheddar, gouda, fromage blanc, queso blanco, marscarpone, ricotta, and 30-minute mozzarella. Recipes for dairy products include crème fraíche, sour cream, yogurt, keifer, buttermilk, and clotted cream. There are also 60 recipes for cooking with cheese, including such treats as Ricotta Pancakes with Banana Pecan Syrup, Cream Cheese Muffins, Broiled Pears and Vermont Shepherd Cheese, Prosciutto and Cheese Calzones, and Grilled Vegetable Stacks with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce. Profiles of home cheese makers and artisan cheese makers scattered throughout the text share the stories of people who love to make and eat good cheese. Plus information on how to enjoy homemade cheeses, how to serve a cheese course at home, cheese tips, lore, quotes, cheese making glossary, and more.

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Customer Reviews

Rating: - Deserves 5 stars for breadth of recipes but only 2 1/2 for directions
I recieved this book as a Christmas present from my boyfriend along with a cheesemaking kit.At first glace I was thrilled with this book.I loved the sheer variety of recipes contained within its pages.As some other reviewers mentioned, I was expecting only soft, "easier" cheeses and was happy to see a variety of more complicated aged cheeses as well.I really felt like most cheeses I would want to make were contained within these pages.

Sadly, my enthusiasm wore off when I started ... Read More
Rating: - More popular than it shoudl be
This book is interesting and it does get you excited about what you can make with the moo juice in the grocery store, but as other people mention, it does not give the best instructions.I wouldn't classify this as a beginner's cheese making book at all.One problem is that, well, you're going to have problems and other than a brief troubleshooting guide there is really no help.It's as if the author just expects that if you follow her steps all will turn out perfect.It doesn't

She also ... Read More
Rating: - Great cheese book
This book is simple and easy to follow, just adjust heat temperature to suit country. I have made some yummy cheese.
Rating: - good, *very* detailed
This book has a lot of information. If I hadn't already plunged in to cheese making, I think it would have turned me off. However, now that I've made cheese based on instructions that came with my kit and reading on the internet, I think it will be a great reference book.
Rating: - lacks clarity and description
If there were many more such home cheese-making books on the market as competition I may have given this book only one or two stars, but it is one of the few so it does hold value through that alone.

There is really no time given in this book for describing the taste of the expected finished cheeses. This would be useful in deciding which recipe to put your effort into, as well as for determining how close one'sproduct came to the mark when finished.

There are fairly large gaps ... Read More