My First Mozzarella

We had a great time during the cheesemaking class last weekend (March 24 to 25, 2012).  There were only 5 of us and we had Dr. Susan Mercado to ourselves.  Now, after learning how to make mozzarella, here's a pic of mine which I made into deep fried balls and had for dinner.  It was fresh and really good!  Did I mention that it stretches like it should?

Anyway, we were taught how to make white cheese and mozzarella on day 1.  On our second day, I got to teach about the soft cheeses which I am really very familiar with - feta, ricotta and yogurt and breezed through cream cheese.  We opted to do the mozzarella again because it did require some practice.  Except for some salt preferences of those who tasted our "creations", the comments we got were very good.

There'll hopefully be another Soft Cheese Workshop in April.  Then in May, we hope to come up with the 2nd part of the Artisan Cheese Workshop - specialty cheeses such as brie, blue cheese, and cheddar plus edam so we can prepare for the christmas season.  Yup, for the yuletide as it takes 6 months to make an edam cheese.

For those interested to attend, please let me know.  We are limiting the slots to a very small number as we do want everyone to learn and enjoy.