Fresh Mozzarella Cheesemaking Tutorial | Raw Goats Milk & An Experiment With Store Bought Milk

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You all have asked for a step-by-step tutorial in making mozzarella cheese, and here it is! I'm showing you exactly how to make mozzarella by using our raw goats milk from our home dairy. BUT since I know you don't all have access to raw milk, I decided to do a little experiment using the cheapest store brand cow's milk my grocery store had to offer? Will it work?
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[@ncgreenie6707]

You are so kind to experiment with regular milk for those of us that can’t get raw milk! Thank you!!!

[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

It was the first milk I’d bought in a long time! I’m really glad it worked!

[@boomboom7364]

@@RootsandRefugeFarm Can you add the salt to the milk/water mixture instead of after the cheese is made or would adding salt before change the consistency?

[@dre.ale.1191]

@@RootsandRefugeFarm I know this is an old video, so not sure if you will see this, but what if you don’t use a microwave? My husband and I haven’t owned one our whole marriage (by choice) and are starting our first goat herd. Do you have suggestions for people who don’t use microwaves but still want to make cheese?

[@rachelholdt6840]

@@dre.ale.1191 if you're using raw milk, you can heat the whey and melt the mozzarella curds in the whey. With pasteurized milk, unfortunately, it won't melt in the heated whey. You can do a search on KZbin or Google to find out the temp to heat the whey for melting the curds.

[@Fiona2254]

I also appreciate the experimentation with regular milk.

[@lauracampbell3110]

My Dad was a licensed cheesemaker and one of the cheeses he made was mozzarella. The cows milk they used always was pasteurized, my Dad was pasteurizer certified too. I had no doubt the pasteurized milk would make mozzarella. It was cool to see how to make cheese on a small in home kitchen scale. Thanks for sharing this video. Dad has been gone for almost 6 years, and this video brought him back for a few minutes.

[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

Thank you for sharing that Laura!

[@Lithillia]

don't ever be sorry to live in your own home. Thank you for inviting us in!

[@foragingandurbanfarmingatt4745]

My daughter followed this recipe using Nigerian Goat's milk, and got it to come out! Love you woman

[@VerbenaComfrey]

Thank you for showing us that cheese can be made in a real, living kitchen that maybe almost never has a completely empty sink!

[@ThatBritishHomestead]

I love what you say about the dishes! Love it! Forget the dishes!

[@tater357]

Awesome seeing the differences in both kinds of milk. Thank you.

[@becbrandon]

Excellent tutorial you are a natural teacher God bless

[@adamsfamilygarden5222]

Hi Jess, Love ❤️ your Video!!! Haven’t watched you in awhile, So Happy to be Home. I missed Watching My Favorite Family ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@heatherzlotyh7267]

Thanks jess for your encouraging manner of teaching us all these old ways We all love it😊❤️

[@lisabooker6405]

Oh my goodness! I’m so adopting you!! My daughter made over. She would soooooo tell the same “cheezzyy” joke! 😂🤣😂 You’re an absolute doll! Thank you and God Bless! ~Lisa

[@kateymateymusic1]

Thankyou for the comparison. Raw milk is banned in Australia (for human consumption)- unless you own milking animals. So all our milk is pasteurised. It will be good to give this a try

[@BekWeller]

We get it from the organic market place for “milk baths” 😉

[@thefacepaintlady]

No one is gonna mention that gorgeous Pyrex bowl?

[@ashleighrosinbaum166]

Just made it with store-bought milk! It turned out great!! Thank you for the exact directions! You made it very easy to follow! 👍😁

[@melaniemarshall835]

Your a sweet heart! Wonderfully made with smiles and love.. How fun you are to watch and learn from.. how natural you are in front of the camera.. I'm so happy to have come across you here.. Cheers everyone! Enjoy your mozza! Xo

[@lesw3803]

I feel so blessed to have discovered you.

[@mmmmgoodlife4571]

I've used store bought cows milk and I follow your method except I microwave it in 1 minute increments instead of 30 seconds. It always turns out good! Love your videos!

[@loreleikrebbs6474]

You honestly have made my small dream of owning a homestead seem much more achievable than i originally thought! When i met my husband we hadn't really thought about it and since we've been married our health had been declining with thyroid, autoimmune diseases and vitamin deficiencies. Part of that has been because our eating habits and just not eating whole delicious fresh foods and not getting outdoors like we used to. I personally am more of the picky eater but I want to try to start making an effort to try new things and expand my tastes through a small garden on our apt porch. I haven't actually achieved growing any thing to harvest yet, I have kept on trying and this is my third year to give it a go! I'm preparing my stuff to start plants at the correct time and use a lot of what i have learned from watching you and teaching me tips I can use(I live in N. TX) and it helps to know little tidbits you add in your videos! You and your sweet family are such a delight to watch and see someone living in a way i strive to and it's so incredibly inspiring! I hope that you know how important a resource you guys are and how amazing it is to spread such happiness and knowledge! Keep up the hard work and I can wait to join you in having a homestead and a great way of living!

[@sheiladebban3776]

We did it. Made it first with my girlfriend while watching your video over and over. Then made it with my hubby. He was so impressed with our fun little date night experiment. We love you and your pure heart.

[@debofwmi2214]

As I am going through these vlogs from oldest to new I’m truly enjoying them! I hope to see more of your cooking vlogs. You and your family are a blessing to your viewers 💕

[@WholesomeRoots]

Very good job! We love making homemade goat mozarella! Have you ever made string cheese sticks by stretching it out long and folding and long and folding etc. Then cutting it with scissors when long. I have a mozzarella video showing that fun technique at the end. Great video! Xoxoxo

[@bama_grits259]

I'd love to see that video to Rose .. I'll look for it in your playlist!!! Love ya Honeykins!!

[@lisamartinez1125]

Thankyou , im now going to try making my own mozzarella cheese

[@theverch1]

@wholesome roots that sounds amazing! I’m really bummed that I wasted a gallon of goat’s milk. It never turned completely to curds and whey.

[@TheOrganiclady]

This is so funny because I was wondering if you ever made goat milk mozzarella. This is why. Your husband seems to be really talented with building stuff and I'll bet he can make you a really great Italian pizza oven. It would be great outside on your property. There are lots of instructions on KZbin) And you can also roast meats in a pizza oven. I can only imagine how great your pizzas would be with the mozzarella you make and fresh tomatoes, garlic and holy basil all from your garden! I have been after my husband who is from Italy to make one but he just doesn't have that gift of building. Anyway, I enjoyed the video and I will have to give mozzarella making a try. 💐

[@joannethorburn3145]

Thank you for trying the regular milk. Really helpful.

[@lbsmith83]

Love watching you in the kitchen too. Nobody I’ve seen has done a comparison of both milks. It was very interesting. Thanks and God bless you and your family.

[@michellesirois6954]

Thank you so much! I dont have access to fresh milk and appreciate you playing Sherlock for us😉😊Ill be trying this tomorrow

[@cat3rgrl246]

on KZbin if you look up making cheese with powdered milk you will get a number of channels that claim it will work so i am not surprised that the pasteurized milk did. Thank you for all the wonderful content you do a lovely job and explain a lot with enough detail that even a beginner can understand all you do

[@bernicebeardsley4846]

This is the first video I ever watched of you. I've never forgotten it. I'd still like to make it.

[@toysintheclosetshop5443]

Holy Cow! Success the first try. Easy! Delicious! I'm keeping the whey for cooking (or treat the chickens) and I gave the cooking water to my dog. He loved it! No waste here. I'll be making this often.

[@katherinebelk8398]

GIRL! We live in our house too! Definitely not a show house, we always have something stacked on our table, counters or in our sinks!

[@debrarandall6913]

That's great Jess! Thank you so much!

[@nicolebotes8949]

You Jess make my day! Please never stop making this beautiful, helpful, cheerful heartfelt content! It's so amazing and you are completely inspirational! All the wya from South Africa x

[@michelesither9898]

well that was super cool. You are my food superhero these days. Looks so good.

[@tabpowell6150]

Great video. I've always heard "boring women have immaculate houses". Very much enjoy the gardening vids. Always wanted to make mozzarella and now will thanks to you. God Bless.

[@toysintheclosetshop5443]

I've been wanting to make cheese and I'm thrilled to see that YOU have a video. I always enjoy what you do and I'll be buying some rennet on line tonight!

[@BeccaNolte]

This is so awesome to see. Thanks for doing the comparison.

[@jasminefrench1223]

Jess you are such an inspiration. I really miss living on acreage (did the usual move to the city for $$) Hoping my husband and I can buy property with a little land soon! I really love your down to earth nature. & your gardening tips are the best. Built myself a little planter so hopefully I can grow some tomatoes here in Sydney whilst we save for our property :) I honestly don't know how you manage to do all the things you fit into your day whilst looking after your family but hopefully I can get there some day!!!

[@enisag6867]

Hi Jessica, I love your videos. I made mozzarella today from goat milk, I got 9.8 oz its perfect mozzarella cheese easy to make I love the recipe. And my family love the cheese. I never made any kind of cheese in my life.

[@kristinefarley]

Thank you. I'm going to make some this afternoon for dinner :)

[@kcmgfarm2389]

Thanks Jess for doing the whole milk afterwards, really appreciate it.

[@Miss449686]

Thank you for taking the time to show us that you can make this cheese with cows milk from grocery store. I now have the confidence to try it.

[@karaoketime2665]

Love this! Will have my son make this this week for homeschool culinary class hehe Can't wait! Thanks for all the videos wish i had time to sit down and watch from video one until now but keep watching new ones when i see them :)

[@apreju7298]

Thank you for the comparison!

[@barbsnyder480]

Wow again....I think I can do this...thanks for the confidence builder🐐🐐🐐

[@paulasfashionsanddesigns2977]

Hi Jess, you are never going to believe how you helped me. I had made a batch using regular milk and it turned out like cottage cheese before I got it right with trying again with RAW COW MILK. But here is my news, I hadn't tossed out the cottage cheese effort yet, so I thought I would try, the microwaving it for 30 second intervals and see if I would get the elasticity that you got and salvage my effort. Whallah!! It worked!!! Like you said, not as much stretch, but enough to make a bunch of cheese balls that taste great! The microwave fixed the crumbling (no stretch) initial texture. Ty😊

[@laurarich2599]

Oh my goodness! I am definitely going to try making mozzarella. Thank you Jessica! It is pouring rain on our zone 6 coast of Maine. Looking forward to growing veggies this year and am so happy to have found you and Charles Dowding the "no dig" gardener from England. When friends mention all the crazy shows they are binge watching during these quarantine days I am so happy to have found you. Thanks again.

[@bellehollins]

I just successfully made cheese! Thank you! I did it with pasteurized cow’s milk because that’s what I have access to. It turned out beautifully and it’s taking so much self-control to not gobble the whole thing up right now. 😋

[@katieconfer5858]

I've watched this video 3 times now, and the curds and whey joke makes me smile every time haha.

[@CedarRidgeFarm]

So I was browsing through KZbin and I came across your channel with gardening tips and I just got lost watching your channel. My grandson and I are going to try to make the mozzarella cheese. Thanks Jess

[@lizdocherty]

I've never put the ice in the pot, and my milk always, without fail, scalds on the bottom of the pot. So I think I will try this!

[@danielledyck9118]

You have answered all my questions! It’s illegal for farmers to sell farm milk her in Manitoba Canada. So it’s next to impossible to get unpasteurized milk. I will try store bought milk! Thank you again.

[@traysalumbert1006]

This lady is awesome i love her. I just recently started my own garden and have been getting some helpful hints from your videos. You have inspired me to do more in my garden. Thank you so much

[@marypenza7446]

Just the video I was looking for! Thanks Jess!

[@jyll.7132]

Gasp! All the kids are gonna have to help me do this. I've wanted to make mozzarella for years but I never have. This is so cool!

[@yourworstnightmareever538]

that’s lots of work!your patience is deserving of a medal.omg!from raising goats to milking to finished cheese product.dat is mission impossible for me.i have lots of papers to finish. i’m so like for the meantime going to the italian bistro located infront of the campus and order pestro genovese pasta😀

[@RAYOFSONLITE]

Thank you so much. No way here in Hamilton Ontario, for me to buy raw goat's milk so now I feel free to try store bought paadturized milk. Love your cheery face and honesty.

[@trollforge]

Shirley Wright it isn't too hard to get raw milk, but you have to get to know someone, who raises goats, to the point where they trust you. Start making friends at the farmers market. I haven't been to Hamilton in many years, but there used to be a big market.

[@cugrngneer]

Jess, Someone said, " A clean house is a sign of a wasted life." :)

[@sheilajaroniewsk2461]

I’ve always said as long as there are more than more than one person living in the house, it will not be clean. Lol

[@Cindyd-k3e]

I asked my mom once, on your deathbed are you going to wish you had cleaned your house more or spent more time with your kids. She chose the clean house.

[@cugrngneer]

@@Cindyd-k3e :(

[@Cindyd-k3e]

@@cugrngneer it's okay, I grew up in a really clean house!

[@RTCPhotoWork]

@@cugrngneer A clean environment is imperative for some people's mental health or ability to focus. Chaos in one's environment can make a sense of peace difficult for them. Something to keep in mind.

[@thelittlegardenthatcouldok9130]

Ok I got the cheese thing down now! Thanks again for the video!

[@HadleyHowie]

My mum and I made some mozzarella cheese a few years back, my niece was fascinated by it and LOVE IT! She kept taking little pieces and eating it as we were stretching it out! Thank you for this video!

[@emmyscreativecorner1575]

Thank you for sharing this video it's now saved to my favorite videos. I'm going to make this.

[@mgjf3689]

I was able to find rennet tables at Kroger and Citric acid at H-E-B, its next to the canning supplies there.

[@onfireforjesus8374]

Wow, I didn't know you could do that with store bought milk! Thank you for doing that. It's good to know different things like that.

[@sassy_steph]

OmG I'm SO excited to get a gallon of whole milk from aldi and make homemade cheese!!!! Love u!!

[@rmcrms5]

I've never even thought about making my own cheese. This looks like something that would be fun to try. Thank you for showing both methods.

[@barbaragood6]

Thank you Jess

[@muchlovetoall7966]

Thank you for trying it with store bought milk. I definitely want to try this. I can buy milk for under 1.99. A pound of mozzarella is over 5.00 a pound. And we love cheese.

[@charlottewillis9252]

I have never wanted to make cheese but after seeing this video I just might! Thanks for sharing with us.

[@lynnhowdeshell2641]

Thank you for doing this for us. I do not have a microwave so I do not know what to do about that. So you know I had never heard about the ice cube in the pan and milk will not scorch. I have scorched a lot of milk. Have a great day. All the best to you.

[@jeanajett2719]

Heck yeah! I'm excited to try it now! I'd like to see what you do with all the mint growing in the garden

[@karenkitchens766]

Ok I had to.. thank you sweet little miss muffet! 🕷❤️🕷❤️ I love how you made goats and cows milk mozzarella cheese. You’re the best, Jess!

[@seedyhollow]

Great thank you will be including in my Waste Not Want Not Book! I can't wait to try this myself! My hubby and I watch your videos daily I grew up a beef farmer's daughter and him an ocean fisherman lol we have been homesteading and soon hobby farming animals again. Thanks from Hymers Ontario, Canada!!

[@seedyhollow]

happy to report it was delicious and turned out well with the pasterrized cows milk from the store. They are really crazy about no raw milk here in Canada! We grew up on it on the farm and we all survived lol!

[@hayleygillespie]

What a great recipe! It worked exactly as described with my fresh raw goat milk :) Thanks!

[@CookwithCatalina]

Next week this will be first on my list, if I can find the acid and the renet in store. Thank you so much!

[@nathaliegoulet675]

Hi Jes thanks for sharing. I’ve recently subscribed, and have been listening to many of your videos and just love them. I am looking forward to try to make mozzarella. Thanks again.

[@JanicePhillips]

FINALLY have a nice little dairy goat herd of Nigerian Dwarfs with an Alpine buck and two does (with two doelings and a buckling) in MILK! I also just added a triple set of half Saanens half ND's who are six months old and should cross beautifully with my Buck! I'm getting a quart a day right now with one morning milking. The babies can be weaned in another month or so and I'll go to two a day milkings and I'm so so so excited to have FRESH RAW MILK. I'm making a pizza pot pie tomorrow and am considering using every drop of goat's milk I have in the house to do so. hummm....lol. I have cow's milk too, but it's pasteurized and that goat mozza looks amazing.

[@mikkileon6380]

Thank You Jess❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️

[@AJMaddclan]

Thank you so much for trying the store bought milk too! That was very helpful

[@cheripierre9029]

Thanks Jess, great info.

[@raisingsunshine351]

Yes yes yes!!!!! Also thank you for yesterday’s video! I have been looking for an explanatory video of Seed harvesting!

[@letsbehonest01]

Great video. I think I will give this a try with whole milk. I don't have any goats. Your dinner menu sounds yummy!

[@rhondab2431]

Awesome video! Thank you for this experiment. Making mozzerella tonight or tomorrow and I needed one "reliable" source to tell me it would work. Thanks!

[@ronirody9674]

Good morning to you Ma'am, oh my goodness I LOVE mazzorella ❤❤❤❤ thank you so very much for showing us the difference between goat and cows milk 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Have yourself an AWESOME week. God bless you all in all you do 😊😁😉✌

[@opalezell319]

Thank you sweet girl!!

[@GrownToCook]

A great tutorial! I love that you also tested storebought cow's milk as more people have access to that!

[@chloegeo]

Again, excellent video! I am going to try this for sure. My husband loves cheese and maybe this will be the turning point to finally getting some goats! Thanks a bunch!

[@billybranchhomestead6120]

Thank-you for doing both!

[@silverviv]

I will try to make fresh mozzarella. You have inspired me! Thanks!

[@Adventuresawait68]

Thank you so much for testing out store bought milk for those of us who unfortunately don’t have access to raw milk. I’ve already made your farmers cheese, which was delicious. Next I’d like to try mozzarella, but I was wondering if you’ve tried making it without the citric acid and instead used vinegar or lemon juice. I would much rather go with those options, but not sure if it will be a successful swap.

[@cherylwillingham4955]

Thank You so much for your awesome tutorial. I've always wanted to try making cheese. Saw Emeril do this years ago and your video is finally got me going with your step by step Happy Day to all

[@taniajockwer7503]

Thank you for your video. I tried it with raw sheeps milk and it was a bit of a fail. The % of fat in sheeps milk is higher than cows milk so I'm going to experiment a little to see if it gets better. Maybe it needs a little more or little less rennet or maybe I need to skim the cream off the top a little to reduce the fat content. Your information has been so useful.

[@CorrindaCampbell]

Thank you for the experiment! From what I read it seems like the homogenization process also affects the curd properties. Like your experience I haven't seen non-homoginized milk even though I've read it exists.

[@OnCall24Seven]

AWESOME! I am a total cheese addict and you have made my heart smile!!!!

[@kris8584]

I am so trying this with regular milk! Thanks!

[@saraho8540]

This was great I didn't know you could make mozzarella from goats milk, and appreciate the test on pasteurized milk.

[@christinenatvig438]

That looks super easy. Thank you for showing us how to do this.

[@Inga4020]

Thank you for showing how the store bought milk works out. I have wanted to try this and now after watching you go thru the steps I feel confident enough to try it for sure.

[@gabbiesmeemee]

Oh yes, just what I've been waiting for. Great video Jess. Keeping it real. I've got 3 grow seasons. With several of my seeds. I love it. I grew up drinking raw milk after it's called and most of the cream taken off for cheese, butter, Gee , . You can make it from pastureized, but the quality is so much different for the amount you will get from raw milk. At least that's how I learned. I scalded my best pan when I was a new bride. That's been 35 years ago. I haven't done it again since. Your right, you learn pretty fast. Lol

[@littlecreekhomestead4086]

Awesome experiment!!!! I love that you are not afraid to try something unusual and different

[@meanqkie2240]

Oh! Now i have to try this! See what you did!!! 😁

[@michellesantini8654]

Thank you for this recipe! Can you also share a video about that chicken parm recipe that you talked about in this video? That sounds absolutely yummy! Or, you could just make a cook book😃😃!

[@cristinamarie4127]

Thank you for putting this video together! This was my first time making cheese and your instructions were so easy to follow. It came out great! Thank you!