Table of Contents

6 Introducing the cheesemaker11 10 rules for successful cheesemaking12 The milk20 The ingredients34 The equipment42 The techniques58 What went wrong with my cheese?Recipes70 The 30-minutes-or-less cheeses & dairy products86 The soft cheeses98 The white-rinded cheeses108 The semi-hard cheeses116 The hard cheeses142 The stretched curd cheeses148 The blue cheeses158 The Swiss cheeses166 The washed rind cheeses180 The fancy & flavoured cheeses200 Glossary202 The home-made cheese checklist204 Index

About the Author

Jean Mansfield is a long-time cheesemaker who specialises in teaching cheesemaking for beginners, plus she's a national judge at the NZ Cheese Awards. She and husband Dave run a Jersey-only dairy farm just outside Waihi, and spend a couple of months a year travelling in the UK, visiting and learning from top cheesemakers. She is also a columnist for NZ Lifestyle Block magazine, and has previously written two special magazine publications on cheesemaking.