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Seawater Cheese - Friday 1st May 2015
Approximate $ Savings: $2 or more, depending on what you pay for ricotta
To make a great ricotta, simply bring 2 cups of clean seawater and 2 cups of full cream milk to the boil. Leave to boil 1 minute, pour into a colander lined with cheesecloth or a clean Chux cloth, allow to drain for a couple of hours. You then have a basic ricotta cheese that can be added to, moulded into shapes, covered with cracked pepper or herbs, or patted into a ball and stored in clean seawater to make a nice feta. If making feta, allow to drain overnight on the bench and press with a weight to remove more liquid, before storing in brine. If you don't have a beach handy, seawater can be made by boiling some water and dissolving salt in it at the rate of about 20% salt by weight. Also, if you save the whey drained from your first cheese, you can use it to make more cheese. See cheeselinks.com.au for cheese ingredients. Contributed by Gay McDonald
To make a great ricotta, simply bring 2 cups of clean seawater and 2 cups of full cream milk to the boil. Leave to boil 1 minute, pour into a colander lined with cheesecloth or a clean Chux cloth, allow to drain for a couple of hours. You then have a basic ricotta cheese that can be added to, moulded into shapes, covered with cracked pepper or herbs, or patted into a ball and stored in clean seawater to make a nice feta. If making feta, allow to drain overnight on the bench and press with a weight to remove more liquid, before storing in brine. If you don't have a beach handy, seawater can be made by boiling some water and dissolving salt in it at the rate of about 20% salt by weight. Also, if you save the whey drained from your first cheese, you can use it to make more cheese. See cheeselinks.com.au for cheese ingredients. Contributed by Gay McDonald