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Mozzarella Cheese

How To Make Mozzarella Cheese (The Easy Way)

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Ingredients

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  • 1-gallon milk
  • 1 ½ teaspoon citric acid
  • ¼ teaspoon non-GMO rennet, dissolved in ¼ cup cold water
  • ⅓ cup of salt

Instructions

  1. Dissolve the citric acid in the milk and heat it to 88 degrees.
  2. Stir in the dissolved rennet water, slowly, until curds form.
  3. Heat the curds to 110 degrees, strain them from the whey.
  4. Knead the curds like dough to remove excess whey.
  5. Heat the whey in the pot to 150 degrees. Stir in ⅓ cup salt.
  6. Dip the curd in batches into the hot whey.
  7. Warm and stretch them until they are super stretchy.
  8. Heat it once more and work it into a ball.
  9. Run under cold water to chill and then wrap in plastic wrap.
  10. Refrigerate.
  • Author: ReformationAcres