Great Gift Idea for Upcoming Holidays If you’ve never tasted cajeta, you’re in for a real treat. It is THE BEST. Just tie a few ribbons around a canning jar of cajeta and you have the ultimate present for any occasion. Ben picking agarita berries for his agarita jelly My Guest Blogger (with the best hat ever!) Ben Guyton has access to all the goat’s
Durian Cheesecake for the Intrepid Only!
Durian If you were brought up with the smell of durians (a highly aromatic fruit), continue on … Peter Achutha, PhD Otherwise,you will want to make a substitution. (Really!) Durian is known as the “king of fruits” in Southeast Asia, but to most Americans, it’s known for it’s maliferous odor. The smell is so strong that even in Malaysia, where the taste is revered, this
Chevre Truffles with The Goat Cheese Lady
She knows her way around a goat! Lindsey Aparicio milks her own goats twice a day. And she raises chickens (for which she and her husband sell a variety of very cute chicken houses). A mother of 2 sons, Lindsey grinds her own wheat, makes her own cheese, bakes her own bread and grows her own vegetables. She does all this on the edge of
Chevre and Lemon Goat Cheese Cake from Jules Food
Jules and Ruby-What a Dynamic Duo! We love Jules Food. The pictures are fabulous and Ruby does a fine job of writing, even without opposable thumbs. This past September, we featured an article Jules and Ruby wrote about Skyr. Then, recently,Ruby contacted us to say she had found the most delicious dessert ever (Jules was still in the kitchen cleaning up!). Ruby pointed us to
Coeur a la Creme with Suzanne McMinn
Another challenge met! By Suzanne McMinn at Chickens in the Road This month, as part of my ever adventurous cheese challenge for New England Cheesemaking, I’m taking part in NEC’s month-long celebration of the Cheese Queen’s wedding with the sweet, the delicious, and the romantic Coeur a la Creme. (Note: Ricki and Jamie were married August 21, 2011.) By the way, do you think the
No-Bake Raw (But Not Vegan) Cheesecake
This is good!!! I went to a Raw Milk Symposium last year where I heard Sally Fallon (President of the Weston A. Price Foundation) speak about the benefits of what she calls “real” milk. The way she explained it was this- raw milk and pasteurized, homogenized milk have the same nutrients. However, when the milk is heated during the pasteurization process, the enzymes that allow
Mascarpone: How to Make It & Recipe Suggestions
The Queen of Dessert Cheeses! Gareth Mark As with any cheese, there are many different ways to make Mascarpone. We have two recipes in our book, Home Cheese Making – one using creme fraiche starter culture and the one below using tartaric acid. We also sell a Mascarpone Kit with everything you need to make it both ways. In this article, we give you
Making Goat Cheese in Namibia, Africa
3 Weeks at a Cheetah Conservancy Janie Zencak and her husband have a small farm in Cle Elum, Washington they call the Funny Farm. They have two children- Victoria,14 and Peter,16. Janie has homeschooled them since 2002. Janie Zencak and cheetahs They have pigs, chickens, a dog, cats and 9 goats (3 milking). Janie certainly qualifies as a “master” home cheese maker. With her