un anno di formaggio fatto in casa / a year of homemade cheese

A summary of the year that just ended through the lens of some of my cheese adventures.

(French) Neufchâtel for Novel Food #12

"If you can see the magic in cheese, you can see the magic in everything."

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homemade English-style Coulommiers (a.k.a. English farmhouse cheese)

"It is very versatile: try a slice with a muffin for breakfast, or drizzle with olive oil
and sprinkle with herbs and a few capers for an easy gourmet appetizer."

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robiola

A nice cheese that can be eaten fresh or aged a few weeks (I used some of it in this dish)

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Bel Paese with cacao nibs

Adding a personal touch to an Italian classic cheese

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I have featured images of my cheese in several editions of the popular event Black and White Wednesday - A Culinary Photography Event, created by Susan of The Well-Seasoned Cook

making cheese (black and white)

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homemade French Neufchâtel

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fresh homemade ricotta

with which I often make gnocchi di ricotta

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I ♥ making cheese

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making cheese requires patience

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In May, I attended a weekend workshop with Jim Wallace on making three French cheeses

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Wishing all of you the very best for the New Year

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Exciting update (January 22, 2012): my year of homemade cheese is featured in today's post on the New England Cheesemaking Supply Company blog. Thank you! And Jim Wallace has just announced two workshops he will teach this spring.

Comments

[astrofiammante]

Ciao Simo, che magia formaggera che c'è da queste parti, a vederli tutti insieme è proprio un bel vedere........non che è che fai un corso online tra la california e il veronese?? ^ ___ ^ ciauzzzzzzzz

[Alicia (Foodycat)]

Happy New Year, Simona!

[Francy]

Bellissima carrellata dei tuoi stupendi formaggi! come mi piacerebbe imparare!

[Caffettiera]

Buon anno! I hope to see as many home made cheeses next year dear Simona. And eventually, I'll try making my own. I wish you were here to teach me.

[Laura]

Simona, you are such an inspiration. I wish I had the patience to make cheese too, I would taste them though...

Happy New Year to you and your hubby!

[Simona Carini]

Ciao Marta. Che ne dici di un corso residenziale in California l'estate prossima? ;)

Happy New Year to you, Alicia!

Ciao Francesca. Vorrei poter essere piu' utile ai miei lettori italiani in quanto a risorse. Una cosa che potresti provare a fare e' il mascarpone, poiche' non necessita di prodotti o utensili particolari (e per drenarlo puoi usare un pezzo di uno strofinaccio di cotone un po' liso ;)

Buon anno, Caffettiera. I hope to be able to continue my experiments in making cheese. I get the sense that in Europe it is not easy to get hold of ingredients and tools needed. I am hoping to write soon about making yogurt at home and will talk a bit about that. Making yogurt is fun and I think it is a good entry point into the world of cheese.

Ciao Laura. At the beginning, the wait made me anxious. Now, I am better at accepting the schedule of each cheese. And I alternate between making cheeses that can be eaten fresh and those that need to be aged. Happy New Year to you and your family. I keep my fingers crossed for you ;)

[Fragoliva.wordpress.com]

Ciao Simona, che formaggi, sarebbe bello riuscire ad ottenere gli stessi risultati!!!! Io mi limito a fare lo yogurt in casa, ma devo migliorare ancora! Augurissimi, B.

[Anna Engdahl]

Happy New Year. On you home cheesemaking page you give a link to French website about cheese and said you wish there was an Italian one. I thought you might like this one, I didn't see it listed there.
http://www.formaggio.it/home.htm

[Simona Carini]

Ciao Fragoliva. Pensa che io lo yogurt in casa ho cominciato a farlo solo di recente. Meglio tardi che mai. Ne parlero' a breve. Auguroni anche a voi.

Ciao Anna and Happy New Year to you. Thank you so much for the pointer! You are right, that site is not mentioned on my page: I will add it. (The home page states that the site is for sale: I wonder what is going to happen to it.)