How do I make cheese on my own?

Many people think that making cheese is easy because there are so many cheeses in the world. However, there are ways to make cheese on your own. You don’t need to work for a cheese factory in order to make your own cheese. To do so, you need to warm up the cold milk in a large pot. Then add yogurt culture. Then you will need to add rennet or another enzyme.

This puts the protein into the milk. Cheese is known for having protein in it. The rennet will also cause the milk to change in consistency. It will feel like a gel. Then wait until you can cut it. Cut the curd and wash it. Then cook it again and drain the water from it. Then salt it and wait for it to age.

You first need to get fresh milk. Try to get it as fresh as possible to get the best results. Put the milk on the stove and start warming it gently. You then need to acidify the milk by either using vinegar or citric acid. You can also acidify the cheese indirectly by adding cultures of bacteria. This takes time, until the bacteria reproduce and secrete lactic acid, which acidifies the cheese.

Use a plant or animal based coagulant and mix it with the acidified milk. You need to wait until gel formation. Then cut the curds and cook it over the stove in the vat. This dries out the cheese. Then replace the vat with water to wash the cheese. Drain the cheese and then salt according to taste.