Homemade Cheese
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Learn to Make Homemade Cheese!
Let us help you get started on your next home cheesemaking project! You can learn to make homemade cheese from our Cultures for Health team and other Real Food pros. One of the advantages to making homemade cheese is that you get to choose which ingredients go into the final product.
Whether you are embarking on your first cheesemaking project or looking for your next cheesemaking challenge, we have a wide selection of expert advice articles, how-to videos, and recipes to help you make cheese right at home. Browse our expert advice below and remember...you can do this!
Popular Posts
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5 Delicious Homemade Cheese Recipes
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Introduction To Homemade Cheese
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7 Reasons To Make Cheese At Home
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How to Make Homemade Cheese: Cheesemaking Basics, Part 1
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A Guide to Cheese Cultures for Making Homemade Cheese
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16 Easy Cheese Recipes For Beginners
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7 Essential Tools for Making Homemade Cheese: A Supply List for Beginners
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Cheesecloth And Butter Muslin in Home Cheesemaking
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Milk For Cheesemaking: An Overview
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Sanitization During Cheesemaking
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Introduction To Making Soft Cheeses
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Guide To Extra Ingredients In Cheesemaking
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Techniques & Tips For Adding Ingredients In Home Cheesemaking
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Rennet And Other Popular Coagulants For Home Cheesemaking
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Salt In Cheesemaking
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Cutting The Curd
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Adjusting Pasteurized & Homogenized Milk for Cheesemaking
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What Is Whey Cheese?
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16 Ways to Flavor Homemade Soft Cheeses
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10 Ways To Use Any Soft Cheese
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How To Make Homemade Cheese: Cheesemaking Basics, Part 2
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Advanced Cheesemaking Equipment
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Ideas For Marinating Or Coating Cheese
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How To Make Nettle Rennet For Cheesemaking
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How To Make Thistle Rennet For Cheesemaking
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What Is Cheese Powder?
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Choosing Milk For Making Cheese: Raw Milk vs. Pasteurized Milk
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Pressing Hard Cheeses
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Making A Simple Cheese Press
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Brining Hard Cheeses
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Waxing Hard Cheeses
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Bandaging Hard Cheeses
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Wrapping And Storing Homemade Cheese
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Storing And Aging Homemade Cheese
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Smoking Hard Cheeses
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Ripening Homemade Cheese in Boxes And Caves
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The Role Of Dairy Fat In Cultured Milk Products
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How to Use Previously Frozen Milk For Culturing
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11 Tips & Tricks for Serving Homemade Cheese
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Solving Curd Problems In Hard Cheesemaking
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Repairing Cracks In The Surface Of Hard Cheese
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Solving Curd Problems In Soft Cheesemaking
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Making A Mother Cheese Culture Using A Direct-Set Starter Culture
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How To Heat Milk For Culturing
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Troubleshooting Homemade Cheese
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How To Make Fromage Blanc Cheese
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Ways To Use Whey
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The Differences Between Cow Milk And Goat Milk
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Cross-Contamination: Keeping Your Cultures Safe From Each Other
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How Long Will Your Cultures Last?
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Warm Weather Care For Starter Cultures
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Cold Weather Care For Starter Cultures
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Blog Post: That Time I Figured Out What Calcium Chloride Could Do For My Cheesemaking
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How To Make Homemade Cream Cheese
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Blog Post: Home Dairying Raw Feta Cheese
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Blog Post: Home Dairying: Simple Raw Cheese
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Blog Post: Traditional Mozzarella With Jerrilynn and Stacie!
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Blog Post: Adventures in Simple Goat Cheese Making
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Blog Post: Cottage Cheese Recipe Testing
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Blog Post: Cream Cheese Experiments
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Blog Post: Vegan Cashew Chevre Recipe Testing
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Blog Post: Going Solo on Feta Cheese
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Blog Post: Recipe Writing Fun, Part 2
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Blog Post: Quick and Easy Cheeses (And What To Do With Them!)
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Blog Post: Recipe Writing Fun, Part I
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Blog Post: Making Chevre is Easy!
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Blog Post: Ricotta Salata With Jerrilynn
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A Guide to Cheese Cultures for Making Homemade Cheese
Cheese cultures can be a bit overwhelming to a new cheesemaker. This overview will help beginning cheesemakers understand the world of cheese cultures.
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7 Essential Tools for Making Homemade Cheese: A Supply List for Beginners
Do you have a large pot? A reliable thermometer? Browse our list of 7 essential tools for beginning cheesemakers and get started making cheese today!
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Cheesecloth And Butter Muslin in Home Cheesemaking
Cheesecloth and butter muslin are both very important to the cheesemaking process. Learn more about how to use each in home cheesemaking.
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Milk For Cheesemaking: An Overview
When choosing milk for cheesemaking, it helps to have a basic knowledge of the fundamental makeup of milk and the variations in milk from different animals.
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Guide To Extra Ingredients In Cheesemaking
Home cheesemaking can involve more than milk, starter culture, and coagulant. Additives can change the flavor, consistency, and texture of homemade cheese.
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Rennet And Other Popular Coagulants For Home Cheesemaking
Learn about the variety of rennet and other coagulants used to make cheese at home, including some common plants that you can use to make your own rennet!
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Salt In Cheesemaking
Most cheese recipes call for salt, often listed as cheese salt. What exactly is cheese salt? What other kinds of salt can be substituted in cheese recipes?
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Advanced Cheesemaking Equipment
A complete and descriptive list of all the cheesemaking equipment you'll need to make more advanced cheeses at home.
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What Is Cheese Powder?
Cheddar cheese powder is a common ingredient in cheese recipes. What exactly is it? What's in it? And is it a healthy, harmless additive to cultured foods?
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Choosing Milk For Making Cheese: Raw Milk vs. Pasteurized Milk
Learn about the benefits and potential drawbacks to using raw milk and pasteurized milk for making cheese at home.
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How to Use Previously Frozen Milk For Culturing
If you're looking to make Yogurt, Kefir, or Cultured Buttermilk from previously frozen milk, keep in mind these factors when working with frozen milk.
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The Differences Between Cow Milk And Goat Milk
Is goat milk similar to cow milk? Can you substitute? What are the differences? Learn how to use each for culturing projects.
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