Steps to Make Homemade Vegetarian Venezuelan Cuajada Cheese

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, vegetarian venezuelan cuajada cheese. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Vegetarian Venezuelan Cuajada Cheese is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Vegetarian Venezuelan Cuajada Cheese is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook vegetarian venezuelan cuajada cheese using 5 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Vegetarian Venezuelan Cuajada Cheese:

1. Take 1 Gallon Pausterized Milk
2. Make ready 1/4 teaspoon calcium chloride
3. Take 1 packet Mesophilic Starter Culture
4. Prepare 1/8 teaspoon vegetable rennet
5. Prepare 8 grams salt

Instructions to make Vegetarian Venezuelan Cuajada Cheese:

1. Heat the milk until it reaches 36° C or 97° F
2. Mix the calcium chloride with a bit of water (1/4 or 1/8 cup of water) and add to the milk
3. Add the starter culture to the milk
4. Stir for 2 minutes
5. Let it sit for 45 minutes (keep the temperature with slow heat for ~2 minutes every ~15 minutes)
6. Mix the rennet with a bit of water (1/4 or 1/8 cup of water) and add to the milk
7. Use a knife to cut the curd into squares of 1/2 inches
8. Slowly stir for 15 minutes. The curds will clump together. Cut them back into squares of 1/2 inches while stirring. Keep the temperature of the whey at 36° C or 97° F the whole time.
9. Remove the pot from the stove and use a slotted spoon to transfer the curd to a colander lined with a cheesecloth (the thinner the better)
10. Let the curd drain the excess of whey for 30m
11. Transfer the curd to a bowl and knead together with the salt
12. Now transfer the curd back to a cheescloth and into a mold / press
13. Press with 4-8 pounds of weight for 1 hour
14. Extract the cheese from the mold and refrigerate

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