I have tasted this cheese, made at a Nourishing Traditions class a few weeks ago and it was very yummy! Additionally to being a very wonderful cheese, the whey is full of live enzymes and is very good for you, you can use the whey in your smoothies or just to drink plain.
Raw Farmer’s Cheese
Ingredients:
1 gallon raw milk
8 lemons, juiced and strained
Directions:
- Bring milk to room temperature by placing container in a pot of hot water.
- Add lemon juice and let sit for 15-30 minutes while curds form.
- Pour into cheesecloth lined strainer to separate.
- Tie the cheesecloth around a wooden spoon and set across top of a deep bowl or stockpot and allow to drip for several hours, or overnight if a firmer, less lemon-flavored cheese is desired.
- At this point the cheese can be refrigerated and used as a crumbly chese or, pressed into a sliceable cheese by keeping the cheese in the cheesecloth and placing it between two cutting boards. Weight the top cutting board with a water jug or pot filled with water and let rest for 30 to 60 minutes.
I’m not sure how long this cheese lasts but my guess is probably the same as the paneer (cooked cheese), no longer than 4 days refrigerated. Enjoy!
Very cool! Most of the cheese recipes I have seen require cooking the milk. I’ve been on the lookout for an uncooked raw milk cheese for a while now. This looks like it. I wonder if it would work with vinegar?
BTW, great blog!
Yes it works fine with vinegar just a different flavor, if you try it let me know how it turns out, I couldn’t find a recipe that called for vinegar so I didn’t know if you just subbed the vinegar or if it would be a different amount. Thanks for stopping by, I looked at your blog and you’ve got a lot of interesting stuff there too!
I’ve wanted to do that. Where do you get your raw milk?
We get it at our Food Co-Op here in Mt. Vernon. It’s a health food store in our area. Not sure if there is one very close to you guys, but I know there is a Trader Joe’s somewhere down there :) Chris looked it up, there’s one in Federal Way, I’ll send you the link.