Not long ago I began making yogurt, and its a very simple step from there to making an easy goats cheese spread. All you need to do is drain some liquid off the yogurt by pouring it into a muslin or net/gauze square, and suspending that over a pot. I made a little tripod from sticks I gathered from the hedge, tied them together with string, and fixed their feet with plasticene.
Twelve hours later open the bag and store your cheese in the fridge. Goats cheese is pure white, it doesn't contain carotene which gives cows cheese its yellow colour.
Delicious with fresh herbs and sun dried tomatoes ....
That looks delicious, I feel really hungry now.
Posted by: fibrespace | May 29, 2007 at 11:07 AM
Looks Great! An upside-down stool also works really good for this job as well.
Posted by: Podchef | May 29, 2007 at 02:54 PM
I want some! I'm watching Digiveg's newly-arrived sheep very closely. By my reckoning, there's a possibility of cheese if I play my cards right.
Posted by: hedgewizard | May 29, 2007 at 04:32 PM
Have made yoghurt myself as you rightly say it is quite an easy process, I wonder if I can try and make this cheese with purchased goats milk, we all love goats cheese.
Posted by: carolyn | May 29, 2007 at 05:35 PM
I've made this before from bought goats cheese using a jelly bag - really easy and very tasty.
should point out what you are making is strained yogurt. not goats cheese.
Posted by: colour it green | May 30, 2007 at 12:14 PM
Yes thats right, strictly speaking its not goats cheese because rennet has not been used to produce curds etc, and for cheese a cheese starter would be use rather than a yogurt starter. This spread made here is called a yogurt cheese, or can be rolled into balls with a drop of olive oil dropped into the centre to make whats known as Labneh, serve with chopped spearmint and olives, yum!
Posted by: Rebecca (living sustainably and felting in rural Ireland) | May 30, 2007 at 01:24 PM
Strained cows' milk yogurt (cheese) is also pure white. I make it often, but I'm very jealous that you get to make it with milk from your own goats.
Posted by: Mel Rimmer | May 31, 2007 at 09:33 AM
oh yum - that cheese looks so delicious - I love goats cheese but I bet the kind that you've homemade tastes so much better than the shop bought kind!
Posted by: julie | June 03, 2007 at 08:48 PM