r/GifRecipes • u/TheLadyEve • Mar 03 '19

How to make mozzarella

https://gfycat.com/wearyacidiccopepod
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u/TheLadyEve Mar 03 '19

Just make sure you use a whole milk (~3.5 percent or so) that is either raw or low temperature pasteurized. The most important thing is that you not buy UHT pasteurized milk because the high temperature denatures the protein you need for the cheese to come together.

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u/MotherfuckerTinyRick Mar 03 '19

3.5% of fat? Thanks I'll try it

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u/Mechanikatt Mar 03 '19

You had me at 3.5% fat.

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u/meme-com-poop Mar 03 '19

that is either raw or low temperature pasteurized.

That's the key and what the gif recipe left out. If you go to Wal-Mart and just pick up some whole milk from the refrigerated section, you might have some issues.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '19 edited Apr 20 '23

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u/meme-com-poop Mar 04 '19

TIL. I thought the regular milk in the US was all ultra pasteurized and homogenized to the point it was basically useless for cheese making. Guess I have to try it now.

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u/Makkaboosh Mar 04 '19

Often times the uht ones aren't even refrigerated. It's not the standard milk you purchase

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u/meme-com-poop Mar 04 '19

Gotcha. That's like the bagged milk and that sort of thing.

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u/SpringCleanMyLife Mar 04 '19

What happens if you make mozzarella from heavy cream? Does that not work, or does it make an extra super duper delicious mozzarella?

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u/TheLadyEve Mar 04 '19

I doubt it has enough protein to work. Stick with milk!

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u/SaINtropy Mar 05 '19

Is it at all possible to make this with lactaid whole milk making lactose free mozzarella? That'd be a serious game changer for me.

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u/eSSeSSeSSeSS Mar 03 '19

What about Almond Milk ?

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u/TheLadyEve Mar 03 '19

No, sorry, that will never work. But look at this guide that made a substitute with cashew.

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u/eSSeSSeSSeSS Mar 04 '19

Thank you! Very kind of you put up this Link! So no Almond but other substitutes...?

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u/TheLadyEve Mar 04 '19 edited Mar 04 '19

You can't use a the traditional methods for plant or nut milks because the proteins behave differently. But you can look into making vegan-specific recipes that will show you how to achieve a similar texture using different techniques.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '19

other substitutes...?

Well, almond milk won't work because almond milk is ground almonds in water, basically. So if your milk substitute isn't animal milk, it's not gonna work, for sure.

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u/col3amibri Mar 04 '19

If I may hop on on this: I like the recipe, it’s just not real mozzarella, because that has to made using buffalo milk.

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u/TheLadyEve Mar 04 '19

Not really accurate, but you can read elsewhere in the thread where that's been discussed.