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Traditional (Greek-style) Feta Cheese Aged in Salt Brine

A home-style Traditional (Greek-style) Feta Cheese Aged in Salt Brine made with Milk, Cheese Culture Or Buttermilk, Lipase Enzyme Powder, Liquid Rennet, and Cool Water Coarse Salt Brine Solution. Add it to your meal plan and shop the whole list in one go.

Ingredients

• 1 gal
• 1/4 cup
• 1/8 tsp
• 1/2 tsp
• 1/2 cup
• 7 oz
• 1/2 gal

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Warm milk to 86 degrees F. Stir in culture or buttermilk, add lipase enzyme to 1/4 cup cool water, dissolve enzyme and stir into milk.

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   Set 1 hour to ripen.

3. 3

   Mix rennet in 1/4 cup cool water and stir into ripened milk for one minute.

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   Allow 40 minutes to coagulate.

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   Cut curds into one-inch cubes and let rest for 10 minutes.

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   Stir gently for 20 minutes, keeping the curds at 86 degrees F. Pour curds into cheesecloth-lined colander and hang the bag of curds to drain for six to eight hours.

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   After draining, the cheese will be very firm.

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   Slice in half, salt all the surfaces of the cheese with coarse salt and place sections of cheese into a dish.

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   Keep the cheese in a covered dish during the salting process at room temperature for two days.

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    Rub all the surfaces with more salt each day.

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    Drain off any liquid that seeps out of the cheese.

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    This cheese will become very strong smelling during the salting process.

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    That is the lipase enzyme powder doing its job.

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    After two days, the cheese should become tougher and can now be aged in a brine solution in the refrigerator.

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    Age in brine for one to four weeks.

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    Mix salt and water together. Not all of the salt will get dissolved.

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    Place the cheese into a crock or dish with a lid.

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    Cover the cheese with the brine solution.

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    Cheese needs to be immersed in the brine.

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    Exchanges: 15 1/2 Non-Fat Milk; 23 1/2 Fat.

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    Contributed to the FareShare Gazette by Fatima; 17 December 2002. www.fareshare.net