I was just staring at some cottage cheese, what is the process it goes through to become cottaged?
2007-07-14 14:16:13 · 7 answers · asked by Wonderment 4 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
I love to make homemade cottage cheese with milk fresh from my cow. You simply add mesophilic (a culture) or vegetarian rennet which starts to seperate the curds from the milk and the runoff liquid from that process becomes whey. As the curds start to set up, you draw a knife or a cheese tool through the set curds to cut them into cubes. This process is repeated until the cheese is set to the proper texture and consistancy, about 8 to 10 hours. Then, the curds are seperated from the whey (I reserve the whey to pack it in) The curds are washed, rinsed, and set in a colander to dry. You can then store the curds as "dry" cheese, or rehydrate them with the whey for standard cottage cheese. The whey can also be used as a healthy addition to smoothies or added to baked goods as a conditioner. It sounds complicated, but is quite easy. I make other homemade cheeses as well, but most of them require pressing and aging-much more involved than cottage cheese, but just as rewarding. Its a fun hobby, and the flavor surpases that which is commercially sold.
2007-07-14 18:03:29 · answer #1 · answered by beebs 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cottage, a small rural dwelling, is often associated with things that one can do at home. Cottage industry, for example. I would guess, and its just that, that this easily made cheese was easily available to cottage people, whereas only people in the finer houses or manor houses had access to finer cheeses.
2007-07-14 14:26:16 · answer #2 · answered by Tom K 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Cottage!
2007-07-14 14:19:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rennit is added to fresh milk to make it curdle the curd is used to make cottage cheese or cheese.
2007-07-14 16:16:14 · answer #4 · answered by roger d 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its all about the wonderful curds....
In some countries,like Quebec,they actually sell the curd cheese at room temp on just about every checkout counter in the province,,even at gas stations!!!
Love them curds!!
2007-07-14 14:25:27 · answer #5 · answered by r 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Heat slightly & allowed to seperate.
It was orignally called Curds & Whey.
2007-07-14 16:51:28 · answer #6 · answered by Celtic Tejas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottage_cheese
2007-07-14 14:25:13 · answer #7 · answered by james_bond_88201 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋