Cream Cheese

The housekeeper's instructor; or, uni... · William Augustus Henderson · 1791
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The housekeeper's instructor; or, universal family cook
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Ingredients (6)
Instructions (5)
  1. Take twelve quarts of new milk and a quart of cream, put them together with two spoonfuls of rennet (or less according to its strength) just warm.
  2. When it has stood till the curd has come, lay a cloth in the vat (which must be made of a proportioned size for the cheese) cut out the curd with a skimming dish, and put it into the vat till it is full, turning the cheese-cloth over it; and as the curd settles, lay more on till you have laid on as much as will make one cheese.
  3. When the whey is drained out turn the cheese into a dry cloth, and then lay a pound weight upon it.
  4. At night turn it out into another cloth, and the next morning salt it a little.
  5. Having made a bed of nettles or ash-leaves to lay it on, cover it with the same, shifting it twice a day, for about ten days, when it will be fit for sale.
Original Text
Cream Cheese.—Take twelve quarts of new milk and a quart of cream, put them together with two spoonfuls of rennet (or less according to its strength) just warm; and when it has stood till the curd has come, lay a cloth in the vat (which must be made of a proportioned size for the cheese) cut out the curd with a skimming dish, and put it into the vat till it is full, turning the cheese-cloth over it; and as the curd settles, lay more on till you have laid on as much as will make one cheese. When the whey is drained out turn the cheese into a dry cloth, and then lay a pound weight upon it; at night turn it out into another cloth, and the next morning salt it a little; then having made a bed of nettles or ash-leaves to lay it on, cover it with the same, shifting it twice a day, for about ten days, when it will be fit for sale.
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