Homemade Blue Cheese
Description
This recipe won't take much time. First, squeeze all the liquid from the cottage cheese. Prepare the brine — mix salt with a glass of cold water. Mix the cottage cheese with salt and add the brine. Put the cottage cheese under a press overnight. Then make holes, wrap in cheesecloth, and place in the refrigerator for 2 months. Every day, turn the cheese over to the other side.
Instructions
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Step 1
Using cheesecloth, squeeze all the liquid out of the cottage cheese.
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Step 2
Add 2 teaspoons of salt to the cottage cheese and mix until the cottage cheese breaks up into small granules. Next, make a “whey” for the blue cheese. Mix 20 grams of blue cheese with 1/4 cup of cold water. Pour this over the cottage cheese and mix. Wrap in sterilized cheesecloth and leave overnight under a press.
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Step 3
Remove from under the press and make holes approximately 5–6 mm in diameter. I used a sterilized screwdriver. You need to do this so the cheese can “breathe” and mold can form. Make the holes every 3 cm.
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Step 4
Next, rub the surface of the cheese with salt, place it on sterile cheesecloth, and wrap it in the cloth.
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Step 5
Place the cheese in the refrigerator, where the temperature should be 10 degrees. It is very important to check the humidity. It should be around 70%. If the humidity is lower, you can simply place a glass of water next to the cheese. The cheese should age in the refrigerator for about two months. Every day, turn the cheese over to the other side and change the cheesecloth if it is wet.
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Step 6
After 2 months, the cheese is ready.