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Once a year I try to teach a group of school children something different from the world of cookery. Up to now we have done simple prep and cooking of game and making a hot smoker from a biscuit tin and cooking some fish. This year I would like to show them simple cheese making. Please can anyone suggest a simple soft cheese recipe we can make in the classroom? Please remember for a number of these school children money is tight. Thank you

Cheers WW

Paneer's the simplest I know of WW.

Phil

Thanks Phil can you point me in a recipe direction?

Cheers WW

WW

For these things it has to be Manjula:

http://www.manjulaskitchen.com/2008/05/ ... ke-paneer/

She makes me smile, but this may help as well:

http://www.cookingandme.com/2010/08/how ... ttage.html

Phil

Fromage Blanc is also incredibly easy to make......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6884Dl163g


~Martin

wheels wrote:Paneer's the simplest I know of WW.

Phil

I would have to agree.... especially since you can eat it straight away too...

Many thanks to everyone and ta for the links

Cheers WW

welsh wizard wrote:...Please remember for a number of these school children money is tight. Thank you

Cheers WW

With that in mind, I tried making Paneer with the cheap homogenised full fat milk from ALDI - 2 Litres for £1.

Heated, added 2 lemon's worth of juice plus a bit of white wine vinegar for good measure and ended up with this:



(Pictured before pressing)

If you use vinegar for cheapness, you'll get approx 380gm for just over a quid.

HTH
Phil

Thank you Phil - what did it come out like?

Cheers WW

It's fine WW. It'll make a good ricotta substitute. The other good thing about it is that, like Halloumi, it doesn't melt easily - great for use in pakoras etc.

Phil

Thank you Phil most helpful

Cheers WW

Do you know any cheese makers at the Farmers Market? I was wondering if you could blag some whey from them and make ricotta?

Interesting thought - thanks WW

Ask you local milk distributor to donate the milk?

I'm sure 20L won't make too much of a dent in their profit margin.