I've accidentally made Wensleydale cheese rather than Greek yoghurt for my girls today.
My yoghurt maker is on the Fritz and needs replacing. I think the thermostat had failed but for $5 it was never going to last long, just prove a point. so last night I put the 2l of full cream milk in bowl added the starter and covered it. but it was target cold overnight and nothing really happened, though there were signs of something... so this morning before I left home, I put the milk on a tray in the sun room, added 3 probiotic capsules, covered with clingfilm (thankfully) and left it to its own devices.
When we got home just before 9pm, I checked on it and it was looking funny. it had gone spongy and the clingfilm was holding everything in. gently taking revealed the spongy like nature and got it back down low enough for me to move to the kitchen where I removed the clingfilm and had my husband try it. I've made cheese accidentally in the sunshine and heat today. it tastes just like a really nice fresh moist Wensleydale cheese.
Tomorrow's job is to stain it and get the whey out. I should have taken some pictures but I forgot. I'll try to remember to take some of the end product one it has hung and been shaped! the girls can have the whey instead in their oats!
