Homemade Cheese
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You Can Do This
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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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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Techniques & Tips For Adding Ingredients In Home Cheesemaking
Learn the simple techniques for adding common cheesemaking ingredients and get started making delicious cheeses at home!
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Adjusting Pasteurized & Homogenized Milk for Cheesemaking
What type of milk is right for making cheese? Learn how pasteurization and homogenization methods can affect your home cheesemaking projects.
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How To Make Homemade Cheese: Cheesemaking Basics, Part 2
Learn how to make hard cheese at home following the basic steps outlined in this article from our Cheese Expert.
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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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How To Make Nettle Rennet For Cheesemaking
Using nettle rennet is an ancient form of milk coagulation. It's simple to make, easy to use and a great vegetarian alternative to animal-derived rennet.
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How To Make Thistle Rennet For Cheesemaking
Did you know you can make a rennet substitute from a yard weed? This vegetarian rennet recipe uses Bull Thistle – a purple thistle, often considered a weed.
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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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Pressing Hard Cheeses
Learn the basic steps for pressing cheese curds to make hard cheese and get some helpful tips from our Staff Cheese Expert!
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Making A Simple Cheese Press
If you're going to make a lot of cheese, you might need to invest in a cheese press. Before you do, see if this simple adaptation will work for you!
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Brining Hard Cheeses
Brining helps to develop the rind and overall flavor of your cheese. Learn how to make a brine plus how to use it on your homemade cheese.
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Waxing Hard Cheeses
Waxing cheese is a simple method used to protect hard cheese from airborne bacteria, unwanted mold, and excessive drying.
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