Cheesemaking at home Ep. 1 Stilton (blue) cheese

Stilton style cheese made at home.
Some of the best I have ate.
Ingredients and equipment needed,
Penicillium roqueforti www.amazon.com...
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[@catherinemann3378]

My british ancestor's favorite cheese, have some of that old Roman Road, Fosse Way culture from England. Believe Stilton cheese got popular in modern days from travelers. Bought a huge wheel from Amazon and froze in small bags to top burgers, salads. Salty unless use as condiment. 🍔🧀🍞🌱🐇

[@krakencoffeeroasters3727]

Sheesh! You have some GREAT tips. I'm encouraged to see you maintain that Stilton is a BEGINNER cheese for the home cheesemaker. What a GREAT video (as evidenced by your 35 thumbs up vs 0 thumbs down)! Thank you Good Sir!

[@thebasementgourmet3344]

Yes give it a try you won't be disappointed

[@Lobo47478]

Exquisite goodness right there! 👏🏼

[@alhachlibou3lam94]

هذا جميل ورائع جدا

[@vpeters2647]

I was so interested in the cheese, I didn't notice the tee shirt .

[@thebasementgourmet3344]

Hopefully I did not offend anyone

[@hunting.egypt964]

Good work and good result’s congratulations

[@mustafabek2505]

Thank you, I love this cheese and I want to make something like it, but in my country there is no penicillium. Is there an alternative? I saw in one of the videos they put a piece of blue cheese on the bread and left it rotting. Alternative to Penicillium Is this healthy or poisonous?

[@thebasementgourmet3344]

I am not sure on that.
I have bought penicillium off Amazon before, don't know if that is an option for you or not.

[@kielia727]

I have a question. I have my first blue cheese aging. It has developed soft spots that are a darker color, more a grayish green. I have seen this color in store bought cheeses but do not remember the cheese being softer where this color shows up. Do I need to cut these spots out and will they take over my entire cheese if I do not or worst case scenario, do I need to trash this cheese and start over ?

[@thebasementgourmet3344]

Something may not be quite right , all the ones I have made have been pretty hard on the outside, sometimes if the wrong bacteria get working it can throw things off

[@kielia727]

@@thebasementgourmet3344 ,thank you.

[@redheelerdog]

Does it really need the cheese cloth inside the stainless steel mold? Thanks

[@thebasementgourmet3344]

Good question
I have never not used cheese cloth
I would say it definitely helps hold everything together when removing from the mold

[@MrAlio84]

Do you control the humidity in the fridge/cave?

[@thebasementgourmet3344]

Not really
I do keep a pan of water in the fridge to try to keep the humidity up

[@runnttii]

Where did you get your Stilton mold?

[@thebasementgourmet3344]

cheesemaking.com