It's been a while...

... and I have been busy.
By now I'm onto my 5th batch of Havarti cheese, and I think I might be making it fast enough to actually have a batch ripen to the recommended full 6 weeks! My daughter just loves it, and even has age preferences: she prefers the 4 week old one over the two week one, but still scoffs the lot!

And now she's discovered Rhubarb. She truly is an appreciative audience for my home cooking, baking and making stuff! Our neighbour was so good to give us a few stalks to try, as my efforts of homegrown rhubarb have ended miserably. It was delicious and once I've got a good spot for it ready she'll dig out a tuber for me to plant. In the meantime we're enjoying any donations she leaves in our letter box!

Next up sausage making: I'll be mincing up the next batch of rabbits, got some pork fat and sausage casings in the fridge and a gorgeous recipe to try out. 

I've been meaning to make sourdough bread to go with my cheese, but haven't started the starter yet.

But on the upside, my Chevre production is going well and most people that have tried it like it very much. Doing swapsies with the neighbours, as apart from me, no one will eat it here. Next to try will be goat's Feta.

Results when and where they happen.
TTFN

Chevre

Result: 6l of goat's milk, collected over the past week, and decidedly tasting of goat became 1 kg fresh Chevre.
I drained it over night and it still has a very moist quark like consistency. I've frozen 2 portions and keeping the rest in the fridge to test and monitor how the process. At the moment it could easily be used as a quark substitute, but only in savoury recipes as the goat taste is there. Not in an offensive strong way, but just enough to mark it different.
On a positive side note: yesterday Mr.11had Weetbix and used some of the 2 day old goat's milk and didn't notice any difference!! Of course I didn't tell him, don't want to get his back up. And this morning my hubby used the fresh milk to make his Mocca and was pleasantly surprised by the LACK of goat flavour!

After making a Pannettone and a batch of Pork mince pies I felt shattered yesterday, but it has turned out to be a very productive day!
And as it's not raining anymore I will have to go out and dig a post hole!

TTFN