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Quick Stretched Mozzarella

A fast, citric-acid-and-rennet mozzarella: milk is acidified, curdled with rennet, then the curd is heated in the microwave and stretched by hand until smooth and stringy. Lipase gives the cheese a little more flavour.

  • YieldServes 8 · About 450 g cheese
  • Hands-on40 min
  • Total1 h 4 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

Solutions

  • 1.4 gcalcium chloride
  • 30 mldistilled water, for the calcium chloride
  • ¼rennet tablet (or the maker's dose for 4 l milk)
  • 60 mldistilled water, for the rennet

Milk

  • 4 Lwhole milk, pasteurised but not homogenised or ultra-pasteurised
  • 12.3 gcitric acid
  • 0.7 glipase powder

Finishing

  • 3 gflaky salt

Diet

  • Keto

Contains

  • Dairy
  • Corn (maize)
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Beef and veal
  • Lamb and mutton
  • Goat meat
  • Lactose
  • FODMAPs (any)

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat

Texture

  • Chewy

Equipment

  • Stovetop
  • Probe thermometer
  • Kitchen scale

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Weekend project

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 3

Nutrition

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

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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