Natural Cheesemaking

Learn how to make cheese and other dairy products the natural way, without packaged cultures and weird additives.

Here you’ll find tried-and-tested recipes for cheese, butter, yoghurt, and more, plus articles about different aspects of cheesemaking.

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Salted Caramel Cheesecake Pie (grain-free)

katedownham

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Aug 4, 2016

There’s not much else that needs to be said when there’s salted caramel and cheesecake in the title. I will say that you could make this even more special by adding a drizzle of melted chocolate to the top after it’s cooled, or you could use chocolate instead of caramel. I made my own cheese for the one in the photos out of some Greek sheeps yoghurt, but it will work well with all kinds of soft cheeses (such as…
Natural Cheesemaking, All blog posts, Homestead Recipes, Self Sufficiency & Homesteading

Mason Jar Chèvre (easy 1 minute soft cheese)

katedownham

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Jul 18, 2016

An easier way to make soft cheese Chèvre and other soft cheeses are pretty easy to make to begin with, but they usually begin with boiling water and sterilising everything in the boiling water, which adds extra time and hassle to the process. I’ve been getting massive cravings for chèvre, so much that I even looked at soft goats cheese in the shop (before quickly moving away, knowing that I can make better stuff at home) and knew I had…
All blog posts, Natural Cheesemaking, Self Sufficiency & Homesteading

How to sterilise jars and milk buckets without chemicals

katedownham

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Feb 8, 2016

Raw milk is an important food to my family, so much so that we didn’t mind buying all of our goats’ feed in while living in suburban sized blocks with no grazing land. To make the most of this precious milk, and to make sure that there’s no chance of us getting sick, I am careful about having a milking routine that minimises the chances of the milk getting contaminated. How to sterilise jars and milk buckets without chemicals: oven…