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Farmer’s Cheese

This post is part of series on different ways to use, transform and preserve fresh milk. Main article here. Your classic, easy to make fresh cheese with a kick of buttermilk. Use plain, herbed as a dip or as a filling for dumplings. Recipe Makes about 12.7 oz/360g of cheese. Ingredients 2 quarts/64 oz ofContinue reading “Farmer’s Cheese”

Pot Cheese

This post is part of series on different ways to use, transform and preserve fresh milk. Main article here. This is one of my favorite fresh cheese recipes and is something in between farmer’s cheese and cottage cheese. I use it as a ricotta substitute. It bakes wonderfully and has a rich taste with veryContinue reading “Pot Cheese”

Fresh Milk Many Ways

Every other week we drive 15 min to our small, local dairy to buy four gallons of milk. The farm’s small herd of grass fed Dutch Belted cows produces incredible milk. Even though it is not raw, the low temperature pasteurized and non-homogenized creamy goodness rivals any of the best raw milk I’ve had. WeContinue reading “Fresh Milk Many Ways”