Making Cheese

We have been farming for over 40 years with the dream of making a farmstead cheese with our Holstein/Jersey dairy. Our dream has come true! We have built our own cheese house and even made a cave into the mountain for aging
 

pasturizing milk

Pasteurizing the milk

 

cutting to make smaller curds

A second cutting to make the curds smaller

 

adding in flavor

Mixing in flavor if needed
 

 

cheese setting for salt bath

Waiting to be put in a salt bath

 

stirring milk into cheese

Stirring the Milk

 

draining whey

Starting to drain the whey
 

 

packing curds into wheels

Packing the curds into wheels
 

 

salt bath

Preparing the salt bath

 

cutting into cheese curds

Cutting to make curds

 

cheese curds

Curds after the whey is drained
 

 

ron brovetto

The engineer Ron Brovetto "DAD" flipping the wheels to drain the whey

 

aging in cave

Aging in the on-site cave