[Sca-cooks] Making Frying Cheese

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We get a cypriot cheese called haloumi that is a frying cheese.

I have also made it, with good results. I make it from goat or cow milk (i
would love to try sheep milk.)

After you cut the curd, you take several steps to drive out excess whey.
First you heat it for about 20 min.  Then you press the curds several
times with increasing weights to drive out more whey and then you heat it
in the whey again, which drives out still more whey.  Then you brine it
for a few weeks (up to 60 days, but I have never had the patience to let
it go that long.) It takes all day - little bits of time, but lots of
them.

One of my cheese references calls it a stretched-curd cheese because it's
made by heating the curds in water (or whey) until they become elastic,
then kneading them to release the whey.

I make several batches in the spring and early summer, and we take it to
events and either spit it over the fire or fry it in a pan.

Maeva in An Tir
Where is chilly and rainy

> I discovered something new at my local HEB (grocery store chain in
> Texas) the other day. It is in the cheese section near the Queso
> Fresco and other Mexican cheeses. It is HEB brand and is called
> Frying Cheese (with a picture of a skillet holding a couple of
> slices of cheese in it). It comes in a plain flavor and in Garlic
> and Herb. With thoughts of the recent Cheese Goo competition in my
> head, I grabbed a package of the Garlic and Herb...not really sure
> what to expect.
>
> I got home and read the directions and sure enough, you slice it
> into slices and fry it (after spraying the pan with non-stick
> spray). It got nice and brown/crispy on the outside and soft on
> the inside but never really crossed the line to become goo. It was
> really good, but not as good as cheese goo. For those that are on
> the Atkins diet, it is great as a cheese sandwich without the
> bread! It was kind of like eating flavored hot string cheese.
>
> Just thought I'd pass it on in case anyone else wants to try it.
>
> Ysabeau
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