This one only 6 months old planning to age it about a year or 2 (if i can wait that long)
This all started when one of my buffalo mozzarella cheese I made failed miserably (bad milk ... planning to use 2-3 days year old milk for better flavor but I guess it aint good for making pasta fillata like mozzarella) so rather thn throw it away..I've decided to use the curds to make parmesan cheese instead.
So I pressed it in a mold to give it shape and to drawn out any extra liquid.
After that I covered the whole cheese with sea salt.
Place it in a big tupperware and provide with moisture
This is after 1st 6 months
Covered with molds ... during the 1st 1-2 months it smelled like sweet overripe fruit ..
On the 5th and 6th month it started to smell like a proper cheese smell... faintly sweet and nutty ..with a hint of funk to it
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I removed the molds etc and re-apply the salt back again and let it age once more
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I scrap some of the cheese to give it a taste.. and it was awesome... buttery,nutty and sweet (I'm kinda surprised bout this one) it doesnt have any off putting flavor.
I'm still alive and well just so you know... no explosive diarrhea etc
This post has been edited by fabularis: Apr 10 2017, 06:58 PM