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Greek · Starter

Haloumi Cheese

Home-made haloumi: set milk with rennet, drain the curd, poach it in its own whey and fold it with mint. Small batch, firm and salty, very different from supermarket blocks.

  • YieldServes 4 · about 250 g of cheese
  • Hands-on45 min
  • Total3 h 22 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 3rennet tablets
  • 2 Lwhole milk
  • 35 gcoarse salt, for coating the cheese
  • 1 tbspdried mint
  • 2 tbspcoarse salt, for the brine
  • 2 tbspcold water, to dissolve the rennet

Contains

  • Dairy
  • Mint
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Beef and veal
  • Lactose
  • FODMAPs (any)

Taste

  • Salty
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh

Equipment

  • Stovetop

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Weekend project

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • Over 3 hours total
  • Difficulty 4
  • Needs advance prep
  • Make-ahead friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: low
  • Protein: moderate
  • Carbs: moderate
  • Fat: moderate
  • Fiber: low
  • Sodium: high

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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