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Curd Nerd News Edition #42
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G'day Curd Nerds. Thanks for joining me this week!
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The Friday night cheese-making livestreams have become quite popular and my favourite so far has been last week's stream. More below...
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Cheese-making Tips & Techniques
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Whether you are a beginner curd nerd or a seasoned cheese guru, learning about cheese-making is a life-long process. I'm still learning and I've been making cheese since 2009!
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To assist the curd nerd community, I put together a video of extensive cheese-making tips & techniques to help you with your cheese-making journey. I have included the following videos in the compilation;
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- Making Brine for cheesemaking
- Starter cultures for cheese
- Calculating milk fat content
- Cheese-making equipment
- Cloth Banding cheese
- Cleaning your cheesecloth
- Cheese baskets and hoops
- Cold smoking cheese
- Curd Harps
- DIY Cheese presses
- How my spring cheese press works
- Flocculation method for curd set
- How to heat your milk (double boiler method)
- Precision Cooker (aka Sous Vide) for heating your milk
- Low Temperature, Long Hold home pasteurisation
- How to rescue a mold-ridden cheese
- Stirmate Review
- Comparing types of cow's milk for cheese-making
- Vacuum Packaging cheese for maturation
- Waxing cheese for maturation
- Troubleshooting curd setting issues
- When cheese fails!
- Making lactose-free cheese
- How to make Halloumi fries
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Hopefully, you will find a segment that will help you perfect your next cheese!
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To watch the video, click on the picture above, or the video link button below.
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Coming Soon - Hispánico
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Last weekend, I was finally well enough to commence cheese-making again (after a back injury). I chose a delightful cheese called Hispánico, which is a cow's milk version of Manchego. I am going to give it a rub with smoked paprika and olive oil to keep any mould at bay, which should also add a little smokey flavour to the cheese.
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Also, a big shout-out goes to Tracey Johnson for gifting me the basket from her store in British Columbia, Canada Cheeseneeds.com
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I'm currently editing the video, so it should be out next week!
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Back in Stock!
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The Hard Cheese Kit is back in stock! This product is the most popular cheese-making kit we have in store and for good reason, as there is so much cheese you can make with it! Hurry, as there are a limited number available!
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AUD$137.55 inc GST
The Basic Hard Cheese Kit makes nine delicious, homemade cheeses:
Farmhouse Cheddar, Gouda, Monterey Jack, Feta, Cottage Cheese, Colby, Cotswold, Leicester, and Ricotta.
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It can be used to make many of Gavin's video recipes as well like; Caerphilly, Sage Derby, Leiden, Edam, Havarti, and Traditional Cheddar.
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AUD$131.25 inc GST
This simple cheese press with spring is made to suit cheese baskets up to 180mm wide, and 175mm high. Easy to assemble with full instructions. As used by Gavin Webber in his cheese-making videos.
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Thanks for reading this week's Curd Nerd News! Don't forget that if you have any questions about cheese making or want to book some consultation time with me, just reply to this email and I'll get back to you promptly.
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