Fresh Homemade Mozzarella

Excellent fresh mozzarella is milky, tender, and mild, with a faint layer of cream beneath the skin that gushes a little when you slice it. Here's how to make it at home.

Homemade Ricotta

You may not have the supply of whey you need for a true homemade ricotta, but with milk and an acid, you can make something very similar and totally delicious.

Homemade ricotta

Ricotta is a staple in my fridge. It's great with pasta, in salads, as a side or on toast. Here is how you can make it at home. 

Homemade Camembert Cheese

This homemade Camembert cheese is a fun DIY cheesemaking project that tastes delicious!

Farmhouse Cream Cheese from 'Mastering Fermentation'

If you have never made your own cream cheese, this week is the week to start. And you should do so with Mary Karlin's recipe in Mastering Fermentation. Made with a one-to-one ratio of cream to whole milk, this creamy spread is unabashedly rich and totally worth every bite.

Easy Queso Fresco

Queso fresco is a delicious, milky, fresh cheese that is a breeze to make. It doesn't melt, so it's a great cheese for grilling in cubes or slices, and is awesome crumbled over soups or salads.

Mozzarella Sticks

When I was a kid before food became the center of my life, one of my strongest personality traits was being the pickiest eater you knew. I was the type of kid that couldn’t have two different food items touching on the same plate. I didn’t explore too much beyond the 5 core foods of a picky eater, cheese pizza, burgers with fries, pasta with meatballs, chicken tenders, and mozzarella sticks, especially when we went out to eat. They were all a beacon of hope that saved an otherwise hopeless child

fresh RICOTTA from scratch plus whipped ricotta toast

Ricotta is a by-product of mozzarella making. Italian cheesemakers would make mozzarella and be left with all this whey and found that they could use that to make a whole other product from it and the result is ricotta, which literally means “recooked”. We aren’t cheesemakers so we don’t have whey but luckily we can replicate the process with good quality milk.

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Mozzarella in Carrozza, the grilled cheese only Italians eat

Kitchen Creamery: Homemade Stilton Cheese

Learn how to make homemade Stilton cheese in your own kitchen!