first home made cheese

in Belize.





I already made cheese in Germany. It was easy to get all ingredients I needed. I could order the rennet and starter or edible mold cultures online. I could get fresh milk and heavy cream in every shop (and I could be sure that they're not spoiled when I open them at home).

Here it is a little different. To get decent and affordable milk for making cheese is not so easy. (Now I found a place but I have to pay 12BZ /gallon).

10 days ago I started and today was "the big day" - I took them out of my special fridge (not warmer than 60°F and not cooler than 56°F).

They look like edible mold cheese - and they taste like cheese... but unfortunately the milk had to less fat - so they taste like diet-cheese.

Next time I'll add heavy cream. But I'm so glad that it worked out. :)))))

Stollen

This is a traditional German christmas cake.



It's made with raisins, candied orange and lemon zest. I put theese three ingredients in a little bit of Belizian Rum and let it soak for 24 hours. Another important ingredient are almonds.

The bad thing about the Stollen is, that it has to sit for three weeks after baking . So it can develop the aroma.