Intended to make tomato soup, made mozzarella by accident!

[NetWareHead]

The GF and I had an craving for tomato soup the other night. We didn't feel like going to the store for a can so we looked up a recipe for DIY tomato soup. Apparently its pretty easy. You basically use milk and dump a can of tomato paste in it. Add some salt & pepper, little spices. Simmer for 5 min and its done. Easy enough...

Well tomato paste is pretty acidic. When you combine it with whole milk, it coagulates the milk and a big soft curd ball appeared in the center of the soup. It was soft and pliable due to the heat of the stove. I curiously tried it and it was mozzarella! What a surprise this was. I fished the ball of mozzarella out of the soup and ate it....it was delicious (albeit with a tomato-ey flavor and red color)! I had no idea mozzarella was that easy to make.

 

[SunnyD]

Not sure if parody. :hmm:

 

[NetWareHead]

Not sure if parody. :hmm:

nah not a parody thread. however considering the other thread, my mozzarella came from raw organic milk so it does score better than commercial brands you find in a store.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

It's a cheese curd. Congratulations.

I think vinegar works better. That's what my mom would use when she made cheese, anyway.

 

[lxskllr]

It's a cheese curd. Congratulations.

I think vinegar works better. That's what my mom would use when she made cheese, anyway.

I believe rennet is traditional. Interesting idea though. Cheese and tomato soup, and you don't have to buy cheese. I guess pasteurized whole milk would work just as well. I'll have to try it some time.

 

[SunnyD]

nah not a parody thread. however considering the other thread, my mozzarella came from raw organic milk so it does score better than commercial brands you find in a store.

Jealous.

That shit is ILLEGAL to posses here in Alabama. Seriously. You gotta go up to Tennessee and smuggle it over the border.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

I believe rennet is traditional. Interesting idea though. Cheese and tomato soup, and you don't have to buy cheese. I guess pasteurized whole milk would work just as well. I'll have to try it some time.

Ooh... maybe that was it too - I wasn't looking too closely. (I was an anklebiter.)

 

[NetWareHead]

I believe rennet is traditional. Interesting idea though. Cheese and tomato soup, and you don't have to buy cheese. I guess pasteurized whole milk would work just as well. I'll have to try it some time.

Try it....it may work just as well. Although the raw milk I use is not homogenized so you have to shake it up before pouring a glass. Not sure if this will affect the final outcome of the cheese.

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[Rakehellion]

my mozzarella came from raw organic milk

Enjoy your salmonellAIDS.

 

[manimal]

scamorza!

 

[Rakehellion]

Jealous.

That shit is ILLEGAL to posses here in Alabama. Seriously. You gotta go up to Tennessee and smuggle it over the border.

It's pretty illegal in Tennessee too.

 

[linuxboy]

You more made a variant of queso fresco, as mozz requires a kneading/stretching stage, and rennet-based coagulation. Congrats. Cheesemaking is a lot of fun

 

[Drako]

Blessed are the cheese makers ...

 

[zCypher]

That sounds a lot more delicious than my leftover pizza

 

[Ichinisan]

I thought the process of cheese-making always requires mold or bacteria? I'm confused.

 

[disappoint]

Blessed are the cheese makers ...

No. The cheese blesses the spaghetti monster when we grate some on it, not the other way around.

 

[linuxboy]

I thought the process of cheese-making always requires mold or bacteria? I'm confused.

Not always. You can have cheese without bacteria, eg halloumi.

 

[SunnyD]

It's pretty illegal in Tennessee too.

Sort of... but not.

 

[acheron]

Blessed are the cheese makers ...

What's so special about them?

 

[Ns1]

No. The cheese blesses the spaghetti monster when we grate some on it, not the other way around.

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