Originally the plan for today was to
make the cows milk version of Manchego known as Hispanico. But Jean
wanted some Mozzarella for a dish in tonight's meal. It is the last
supper for her mum who is catching a late night bus back to
Stanthorpe. And so Mozzarella it is. I did cheat and read a few
chapters during some of the shorter steps but managed to get
other tasks finished or started. The recipe followed was from Neil and Carol Willman's book Home Cheesemaking.
A lot of Mozzarella |
Since we are going to have a lot of
Mozzarella it seemed necessary to make up some sour dough pizza base
to be used in tomorrow nights meal which surprisingly is going to be
pizza. Probably the best time of year for pizza since there is so
much fresh produce in the garden which is suitable for the dish.
Pizza base dough mixed and souring overnight |
Jean and her mum spent a productive
hour in the Tomato bed harvesting enough fresh tomatoes for me to
puree and bottle. Getting lazier every year. This time the tomatoes
were sliced in half to confirm there were no grubs and stuffed into a
heavy based pot on low heat. Once there was some semblance of liquid
in the bottom a bit more stuffing occurred and then the mix broken up
a little more with the stick blender. The entire batch was brought to
a slow rolling boil and the stick blender poked about to ensure no
oversize pieces that might block the funnel. The bottles for filling
were just a collection accumulated from various sources. They have
been processed through the dishwasher for sterilisation and the heat
from the sauce will now be enough to ensure nothing nasty happens. We
still have plenty left over from last year and this years meagre
harvest will have little impact on our stores.
One of our best acquisitions many years ago is this simmering pot which has a really thick base and nothing ever burns or sticks |
A motley collection of jars but they work and more importantly get used more than once before recycling. Always seems a waste to use a new jar only once or buy jars when so many are thrown out. |
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