(MBA Jane) After my cheese was ready, I got Mr. Wonderful to heat up the ol’ smoker. This was what I gave him for a birthday present and he’s a bit … cantankerous and possessive about it. To put it mildly. I’m not allowed anywhere near it without his hovering and supervision. Sheesh. Attempt to smoke salmon without reading the instruction manual one time, and you’re branded for life. While he got things heated up and practiced giving me the stink eye, I went back to the kitchen to check on my mozzarella balls. While there, I mixed up a batch of Gouda to smoke (I didn’t want the mozzarella to get lonely). It seems weird, doesn’t it, that making your own cheese is less time consuming (not to mention less expensive) than getting in your car, driving to the supermarket, finding a place to park, locating the cheese aisle, getting in line, paying, remembering where you left the car, and driving all the way home again? Well, when I put it that way, maybe it’s not so surprising. Anyway, making my own cheese is practically second nature by now, so I thought I’d share my handy-dandy recipe for The Most Delicious Homemade Gouda That Will Ever Pass Through Your Happy Lips. From now on, we’ll just call it M.D.H.G.T.W.E.P.T.Y.H.L. (I’m all about efficiency. You know.) In order to start making your own homemade Gouda cheese, you have to begin by … bit.ly/1jddK5v
Posted on: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 15:56:11 +0000