Camembert Kit

Camembert Kit

Now Featuring Our High-Strength Rennet Tablets

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The kit comes with detailed, easy-to-follow directions that demystify all the steps in the camembert-making process. It can be used with regular full-cream milk straight from the supermarket.

How Does It Work?

Camembert & Brie are made with these simple steps;

1. Milk is warmed
2. Calcium chloride is added
3. Starter culture and mould are added
4. The milk is allowed to sit, maintaining the temperature
5. Rennet is added, causing the milk to coagulate into a single large curd
6. The curd is cut and stirred to drain off whey
7. The curds are placed in Camembert or Brie hoops to drain off the whey
8. The hoops are turned to expel the whey evenly
9. The Camembert or Brie is salted and then aged at 10 to 15 deg C in a ripening box

This Kit Contains:

• Instruction Booklet
• 200 mm Dairy Thermometer
• 10 x High-Strength Rennet (Suitable for Vegetarians) (Up to 40 batches)
• Direct Inoculation Mesophilic Hard Curd Starter Culture (100 Litre sachet - from SACCO)
• Direct Inoculation Penicillium Candidum White Mould (30 dose container)
• 4 x 100 mm Camembert Hoops (Most kits have only two hoops!)
• Ten sheets of Cheese Wrap
• 50 ml Calcium Chloride
• 250 gm Cheese Salt
• 2 x Free Sterile Jars

You Will Need: (most of which can be found in your kitchen)

• Stainless steel pot to place your milk in, large enough to hold four litres
• A second, larger pot to place your first pot in to act as a water jacket, so you can indirectly heat your milk
• Stainless steel perforated spoon
• Stainless steel curd knife
• Stainless steel ladle
• Measuring cups
• Measuring spoons
• Mini measuring spoons (optional)
• 2 Draining mats
• 2 Cheeseboards
• Ripening box
• Somewhere to age your cheese (10 to 15 deg C)

How Much Does It Make?

Our Camembert Cheese Kit makes 25 batches of Camembert Cheese, each producing four individual Camembert Cheeses.

How Do I Store My Ingredients?

We ship these products Australia-wide. However, this kit contains ingredients that require long-term storage in a freezer upon arrival. Extended time out of a freezer will decrease the shelf life.

Shelf Life of Cultures:

When stored correctly, freeze-dried lactic cultures are typically viable long after any date on the pack.