Are you a Cheese Nerd? The basic stages of making fresh cheese (in this case for easy microwave mozzarella)

The joy that these photos bring me makes me feel like such a cheese nerd. The milk, curds, the whey, the cutting, the ladling, the coagulation, the end result. Oooooh.

cooking the cut curds for mozzarella- as you can see, to 110F

curds cooked and mixed

ladling curds out of whey

dropping slightly drained curds into microwave safe bowl

ladle more, drain more until…

you have a pile of curds in a small pool of whey

drain as much whey as possible and then into the microwave for magic mozzarella!

why use ribbon to make bows for gifts when you can use mozzarella?

innocent milk jug

note: My apologies for the lack of photos between curds and finished mozzarella knot. I was alone in the kitchen and can’t exactly take photos while stretching and shaping hot mozzarella. I will enlist a photographer soon and add those photos but for now, know that yes, there are steps in between. Unless you have a special microwave oven, you’ll have to do some work before it turns into the finished product. These were just photos to nerd out on, not a full instructional. See my recipes soon though!

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