Irene's Kitchen: Goats Milk Cheese

[ZhinaTayla]

Thank you Jim and Irene! Just starting with my goats and love watching your videos.

[Vleteshea]

Im loving this video. I tried this before. Not good results , but your sister has inspired me to try again. Thanks for the great video please say thank you to Irene as well. She needs her own you tube channel. I suspect It went wrong with the vinegar. I didnt use rennet.

[PookieBread143]

how much rennet to how much milk is it? and how hot do you get it?

[jimlesses]

To N101RG: I have no idea of the temperature Irene is heating the milk up to. At one point you can see her dipping her 'pinkie' finger into the milk to test the temperature, which she deems to be 'right', but what that temp is, neither I, nor I suspect, Irene knows. Clearly, it isn't boiling or too hot, but how hot?

[N101RG]

It didn't look like she heated the milk up very warm. Most recipes I see talk about 185 F minimum. Is she warming it up to about those temps???  But then they are usually using lemon juice or vinegar. I can see the Rennet is much better and looks like you get more cheese. Looks delicious.

[claudius2u]

Rennet is cow's stomach lining. The best whey separator known. Other videos detail recipes for cheese.

Thanks for such good illustrations, Irene &

jimlesses!

[kardon091]

Hello, I have a question,did she use raw milk? thank you

[jimlesses]

Kardon091, if you mean 'does she use the raw milk as taken straight out of her goats', the answer is, Yes.

Of course she strains it first through the cloth as seen in the video.

[nadia59]

thats great.

[jimlesses]

Hi Sue Ross, Please refer to previous comment. Essentially, whatever she collects from the milking is what she uses. I suspect the amount of rennet is pretty much the same.

From memory, she leaves it to set for several hours or until it looks 'right'. Again, all this has been learnt from years of experience.

[sueross10]

how much milk and rennet how long did it set for .. Looks Great

[wixtacy]

good day to you.. I'm really fascinated on the way cheese is made. can u send me some info on the proper ingredients and the amount of rennet per liter of goats milk. thnx. god bless u.

[jimlesses]

Sorry to take so long to reply. Irene (my sister) does everything from years of experience. She never measures anything - which is not much help I'm afraid.

What you see in the video is exactly how she makes it. If she doesn't collect enough milk from one milking session, she will keep it and add it to the next days milking.

She then adds a small measure of rennet (sorry, I can't be more specific than that), and continues the process as seen in the film.

[mcnallyfromthevalley]

What is the powder she puts in there? what is it called like where can I get it in the states?

[washad77]

rennet