How Do You Make A Homemade Cheese Mold?
Making cheese at home is fun, easy and only needs the equipment in your kitchen–plus molds to form the cheese. There are many recipes on the Internet for making cheeses such as Camembert, Brie, Feta and Cheddar. The molds you need vary according to whether you are making a soft cheese or a hard cheese. Soft cheeses only need a mold to shape them: hard cheeses need to have weight applied to press them. Make a mold for a soft cheese such as Camembert or Brie by sawing a 4-inch length of 4-inch wide white PVC pipe and filing the edges smooth. Make sure that you have the pipe held securely in a vise or with clamps as it can otherwise roll as you cut it. Make sure that both ends are cut absolutely square so that the mold will stand straight when it is draining. Drill 3 rows of 1/8-inch holes staggered at intervals of about 2 inches around the circumference. These will allow the whey to drain from the cheese curds. To handle the mold and turn it when in use, you can use the 2 pieces of wood
