How Cheese is Made

Cheese is fermented milk from which a portion of the water and lactose has been removed.

There are 4 basic steps to making cheese:

1. Curdling
2. Draining
3. Pressing
4. Ripening

Once these 4 steps are complete, the cheese has been made! The unique flavor of each type of Canadian cheese type is due to one or more of the following:

• The kind of milk used
• The method of curdling milk
• The method of cutting and forming of the curd
• The type of bacteria or moulds used in ripening
• The amount of salt or seasonings added
• The conditions of ripening

• The History of Cheese
• How Cheese is Made
  • Step 1: Curdling
  • Step 2: Draining
  • Step 3: Pressing
  • Step 4: Ripening
  • Rinds
  • Milk Treatment
• How to Store Cheese
• Entertaining with Cheese
• Cheese Glossary

Great Tools

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  Cheese Encyclopedia
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