INDEX

A

Aging

Air-drying

Ale-Washed Coriander Trappist Cheese

Alpine-Style Tomme

American Brick

American-Style Brie

Andante Dairy, 3.1, 4.1

Annatto

Apples

Caramelized Apple Tart with Cheddar Crust

Grilled Apple, Jack, and Curry Sandwich

Taleggio Fonduta

Ash, John, 2.1, 5.1

Ash, vegetable

Asiago Pepato

Avocado-Tomatillo Salsa

B

Bacon

Blue Cheese, Bacon, and Pear Galette

Cobb Salad with Buttermilk Blue Dressing

Herb Salad with Chèvre- and Bacon-Stuffed Figs

Bacteria, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3

Bandaging, 1.1, 1.2

Bardwell, Consider Stebbins

Basic Chèvre

Beecher’s Handmade Cheese, 3.1, 3.2

Beehive Cheese Company

Bellwether Farms

Beverage People, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1

Biaggi, Lou

Biasini, Stan, 3.1, 3.2

Bice, Jennifer

Bloomy Blue Log Chèvre

Bloomy Robiola

Blue cheeses

Bloomy Blue Log Chèvre

Blue Cheese and Toasted Walnut Fudge Brownies

Blue Cheese, Bacon, and Pear Galette

Blue Gouda

Buttermilk Blue

Buttermilk Blue Dressing

Cambozola

Coastal Blue

Gorgonzola

Roquefort

Smoked Brandy-Pecan Gorgonzola

Stilton

storing

troubleshooting

Bocconcini

Bocconcini and Roasted Tomato Pasta Salad

Bourbon

O’Banon

Braided String Cheese

Brandy

Époisses

Smoked Brandy-Pecan Gorgonzola

Bread

Grilled Apple, Jack, and Curry Sandwich

Grilled Cumin Flatbreads with Tomato-Ginger Chutney and Crème Fraîche Cottage Cheese

Grilled Grape Leaf Goat Cheese Toasts with Citrus Tapenade

Taleggio Fonduta

Yogurt and Dill No-Knead Bread

Bread Cheese

Brevibacterium linens, 1.1, 4.1

Brew-Curds Cheddar

Brick, American

Brie

American-Style Brie

Crème Fraîche Brie

Maple-Planked Brie with Mushroom-Walnut Ragout

Brin d’Amour

Brining, 1.1, 1.2

Brownies, Blue Cheese and Toasted Walnut Fudge

Buchanan, Jacquelyn, 2.1, 2.2

Bucheron

Burrata

Butter, Cultured

Buttermilk

Buttermilk Blue

Buttermilk Blue Dressing

Buttermilk Sour Cream

Cheddar and Chive Scones

Low-Fat Panir

Butter muslin

C

Cabécou

Cabra al Vino

Caerphilly

Calcium chloride

Cambozola

Camembert

Mushroom-Infused Camembert

Caprino Romano

Capriole Farmstead, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1

Caramelized Apple Tart with Cheddar Crust

Carr Valley

Cato Corner

Champignon Company

Charbay Winery and Distillery

Charcoal, activated

Cheddar

Brew-Curds Cheddar

Caramelized Apple Tart with Cheddar Crust

Cheddar and Chive Scones

Cheddar-Jalapeño Cheese Curds

Double-Milled Cheddar

Farmhouse Chive Cheddar

Irish-Style Cheddar

Cheddaring

Cheese

aging

bandaging, 1.1, 1.2

bloomy-rind

blue

brined

coated

cooking with

creating your own

drying

firm

fresh culture-ripened

fresh direct-acidification

hard

marinated, 3.1, 4.1

ripening

rubbed

salt-rubbed

semisoft

smeared-rind

smoked, 1.1, 3.1

storing

stretched-curd

surface-ripened

vacuum-sealing, 1.1, 1.2

vegetarian

washed-rind

waxing

wrapping

See also individual types

Cheesecloth, 1.1, 1.2

Cheese making

equipment and supplies for

ingredients for

preparation for

processes and techniques for

tips for

troubleshooting

Cheese molds

Cheese presses, 1.1, 1.2

Chenel, Laura, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 4.1

Cherry Preserves, Sour, Ricotta-Filled Chocolate Crepes with Nutella and

Chèvre

Basic Chèvre

Bloomy Blue Log Chèvre

Goat Cheese and Chive Fallen Soufflés with Herb-Citrus Vinaigrette

Grilled Grape Leaf Goat Cheese Toasts with Citrus Tapenade

Herb Salad with Chèvre- and Bacon-Stuffed Figs

Lavender Mist Chèvre

marinating

Toasted Grape Leaf–Wrapped Chèvre

Chicken

Cobb Salad with Buttermilk Blue Dressing

Chickpea Soup, Moroccan, with Harissa and Yogurt Cheese

Chiles

Cheddar-Jalapeño Cheese Curds

Chipotle-Rubbed Montasio

Grilled Chiles Rellenos Stuffed with Queso Oaxaca, Mushrooms, and Sweet Potato

Harissa

Tortilla Soup with Grilled Shrimp, Cotija, and Avocado-Tomatillo Salsa

Chocolate

Blue Cheese and Toasted Walnut Fudge Brownies

Ricotta-Filled Chocolate Crepes with Nutella and Sour Cherry Preserves

Chutney, Tomato-Ginger

Citrus Tapenade

Clabra, Craggy Cloaked

Coagulants, 1.1, 1.2

Coastal Blue

Cobb, Bob

Cobb Salad with Buttermilk Blue Dressing

Cocoa-Rubbed Dry Jack Cheese

Colby

Consider Bardwell Farm, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

Cotija

Tortilla Soup with Grilled Shrimp, Cotija, and Avocado-Tomatillo Salsa

Cottage cheese

Crème Fraîche Cottage Cheese

Grilled Cumin Flatbreads with Tomato-Ginger Chutney and Crème Fraîche Cottage Cheese

Coulommiers

Cowgirl Creamery, 2.1, 4.1

Cow’s milk, low-fat (1%)

Braided String Cheese

Bread Cheese

Crème Fraîche Cottage Cheese

Fromage Blanc

Jarlsberg

Real Cream Cheese

Cow’s milk, nonfat

Fromage Blanc

Cow’s milk, reduced fat (2%)

Asiago Pepato

Braided String Cheese

Bread Cheese

Crème Fraîche Cottage Cheese

Edam Boule

Fromage Blanc

Greek-Style Yogurt

Honey-Rubbed Montasio

Low-Fat Panir

Parmesan

Quark

Real Cream Cheese

Cow’s milk, whole (pasteurized)

Ale-Washed Coriander Trappist Cheese

Alpine-Style Tomme

American Brick

American-Style Brie

Asiago Pepato

Bloomy Robiola

Blue Gouda

Bocconcini

Brew-Curds Cheddar

Brin d’Amour

Buttermilk Blue

Buttermilk Sour Cream

Caerphilly

Cambozola

Camembert

Cheddar-Jalapeño Cheese Curds

Chipotle-Rubbed Montasio

Coastal Blue

Cocoa-Rubbed Dry Jack Cheese

Colby

Cotija

Coulommiers

Crème Fraîche Brie

Crème Fraîche Cottage Cheese

Crescenza

Desert Sunset Pavé

Dill Havarti

Époisses

Farmhouse Chive Cheddar

fat content of

Feta

Fontina

Fromage Blanc

Gorgonzola

Gouda

Gruyère

Halloumi

Irish-Style Cheddar

Jack Cheese

Jarlsberg

Junket Mozzarella

Just Jack

Kasseri

Leaf-Wrapped Robiola

Low-Fat Panir

Mixed-Milk Morbier

Morbier

Mushroom-Infused Camembert

Port Salut

Provolone

Quark

Queso Blanco

Queso Fresco

Queso Oaxaca

Real Cream Cheese

Reblochon

Ricotta Salata

Romano

Roquefort

Rustico Foglie di Noce

Saffron-Infused Manchego

Saint-Marcellin

Smoked Brandy-Pecan Gorgonzola

Smoked Scamorza

Smoky Ricotta Affumicata

Stilton

Taleggio

Tea-Smoked Gruyère

Traditional Mozzarella

Washed-Rind Teleme-Style

Whey Ricotta

Whole Milk Ricotta

Wood-Fired Morbier

Yogurt

Cow’s milk, whole (raw)

Blue Gouda

Crème Fraîche Cottage Cheese

fat content of

Feta

Fromage Blanc

Halloumi

Low-Fat Panir

Queso Blanco

Queso Fresco

Real Cream Cheese

Ricotta Salata

Roquefort

Smoky Ricotta Affumicata

Whole Milk Ricotta

Craggy Cloaked Cabra

Cream, heavy

Buttermilk Sour Cream

Cambozola

Crème Fraîche

Cultured Butter

fat content of

Mascarpone

Real Cream Cheese

Roquefort

Cream, light whipping

Cultured Sour Cream

fat content of

Cream Cheese, Real

Crème Fraîche

Crème Fraîche Brie

Crème Fraîche Cottage Cheese

Vanilla Bean Fontainebleau with Pistachio Brittle

Crepes, Ricotta-Filled Chocolate, with Nutella and Sour Cherry Preserves

Crescenza

Crottin

The Goat Experience

marinating

Cultured Butter

Cultured Sour Cream

Cultures

adding

chart of

mesophilic vs. thermophilic

mother

secondary

starter, 1.1, 1.2

Curds

cooking

cutting

draining

pressing

testing, for clean break

washing

Curried Saag Panir

Cypress Grove Chevre

D

Dammeier, Kurt Beecher

Desert Sunset Pavé

Desserts

Blue Cheese and Toasted Walnut Fudge Brownies

Caramelized Apple Tart with Cheddar Crust

Ricotta-Filled Chocolate Crepes with Nutella and Sour Cherry Preserves

Stone Fruit Phyllo Tarts with Mascarpone-Cardamom Ice Cream

Vanilla Bean Fontainebleau with Pistachio Brittle

Dill Havarti

Dixon, Peter, 4.1, 4.2

Dry salting

E

Edam Boule

Eggplant–Smoked Mozzarella Fritters with Roasted Tomato–Herb Sauce

Eggs

Cobb Salad with Buttermilk Blue Dressing

Goat Cheese and Chive Fallen Soufflés with Herb-Citrus Vinaigrette

Manchego and Saffron Flan

Époisses

Equipment

Estes, Aaron

F

Farmhouse Chive Cheddar

Feta

Figs, Chèvre- and Bacon-Stuffed, Herb Salad with

Fiscalini

Flan, Manchego and Saffron

Flatbreads, Grilled Cumin, with Tomato-Ginger Chutney and Crème Fraîche Cottage Cheese

Fonduta, Taleggio

Fontainebleau, Vanilla Bean, with Pistachio Brittle

Fontina

Taleggio Fonduta

Fritters, Smoked Mozzarella–Eggplant, with Roasted Tomato–Herb Sauce

Fromage à l’huile

Fromage Blanc

G

Gage, Fran

Galette, Blue Cheese, Bacon, and Pear

Geotrichum candidum, 1.1, 4.1, 4.2

Giacomini family, 4.1, 4.2

Glover, Russell

Goat Cheese and Chive Fallen Soufflés with Herb-Citrus Vinaigrette

The Goat Experience

Goat’s milk, pasteurized

Basic Chèvre

Bloomy Blue Log Chèvre

Bloomy Robiola

Blue Gouda

Bocconcini

Brin d’Amour

Bucheron

Cabécou

Cabra al Vino

Chipotle-Rubbed Montasio

Cotija

Coulommiers

Craggy Cloaked Cabra

Crème Fraîche Cottage Cheese

Crottin

Farmhouse Chive Cheddar

Feta

Fromage Blanc

The Goat Experience

Goat Ricotta

Gouda

Halloumi

Honey-Rubbed Montasio

Kasseri

Lavender Mist Chèvre

Leaf-Wrapped Robiola

Lemon Vodka Spirited Goat

Mixed-Milk Morbier

Mushroom-Infused Camembert

O’Banon

Provolone

Queso Blanco

Queso Fresco

Queso Oaxaca

Real Cream Cheese

Ricotta Salata

Romano

Rustico Foglie di Noce

Saint-Marcellin

Smoked Scamorza

Traditional Mozzarella

Valençay

Yogurt

Goat’s milk, raw

Blue Gouda

Cabécou

Crème Fraîche Cottage Cheese

Feta

Fromage Blanc

Goat Ricotta

Halloumi

Queso Blanco

Queso Fresco

Real Cream Cheese

Ricotta Salata

Yogurt

Gorgonzola

Blue Cheese, Bacon, and Pear Galette

Smoked Brandy-Pecan Gorgonzola

Gouda

Blue Gouda

Grape leaves

Grilled Grape Leaf Goat Cheese Toasts with Citrus Tapenade

Toasted Grape Leaf–Wrapped Chèvre

Greek-Style Yogurt

Grilled Apple, Jack, and Curry Sandwich

Grilled Chiles Rellenos Stuffed with Queso Oaxaca, Mushrooms, and Sweet Potato

Grilled Cumin Flatbreads with Tomato-Ginger Chutney and Crème Fraîche Cottage Cheese

Grilled Grape Leaf Goat Cheese Toasts with Citrus Tapenade

Gruyère

Tea-Smoked Gruyère

H

Half-and-half

Crème Fraîche

fat content of

Greek-Style Yogurt

Kasseri

Halloumi

Harissa

Havarti, Dill

Haystack Mountain, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2

Hemmerling, Kuba

Herbs

Herb-Citrus Vinaigrette

Herb Salad with Chèvre- and Bacon-Stuffed Figs

Honey-Rubbed Montasio

Hooper, Allison, 2.1, 2.2

I

Ice Cream, Mascarpone-Cardamom

Irish-Style Cheddar

J

Jack, David

Jack Cheese

Cocoa-Rubbed Dry Jack Cheese

Grilled Apple, Jack, and Curry Sandwich

Just Jack

Jarlsberg

Jasper Hill Farm

Junket Mozzarella

Just Jack

K

Karakasevic, Miles

Kasseri

Keehn, Mary

Kendall Farms, 2.1, 2.2

L

Lambert, Paula, 3.1, 3.2

Landaff Creamery

Lavender Mist Chèvre

Leaf-Wrapped Robiola

Le Jaouen, Jean-Claude

Lemon Vodka Spirited Goat

Lipase powder

Love Tree Farmstead

Low-Fat Panir

Lucky Layla Farms

Lucy’s Whey

M

Malgieri, Nick

Manchego

Manchego and Saffron Flan

Saffron-Infused Manchego

Maple-Planked Brie with Mushroom-Walnut Ragout

Marin French Cheese Company, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

Mascarpone

Burrata

Mascarpone-Cardamom Ice Cream

Matos

Meadow Creek

Milk

buying

composition of

fat content of

pasteurizing

processing of

raw

ripening

substituting

See also individual types

Miller, Angela

Mixed-Milk Morbier

Molds, 1.1, 1.2

See also Cheese molds

Montasio

Chipotle-Rubbed Montasio

Honey-Rubbed Montasio

Morbier

Mixed-Milk Morbier

Wood-Fired Morbier

Moroccan Chickpea Soup with Harissa and Yogurt Cheese

Mother cultures

Mt. Mansfield Creamery, 3.1, 3.2

Mozzarella

Bocconcini

Bocconcini and Roasted Tomato Pasta Salad

Burrata

Junket Mozzarella

Queso Oaxaca

Smoked Mozzarella–Eggplant Fritters with Roasted Tomato–Herb Sauce

Traditional Mozzarella

Mozzarella Company, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2

Mushrooms

Grilled Chiles Rellenos Stuffed with Queso Oaxaca, Mushrooms, and Sweet Potato

Maple-Planked Brie with Mushroom-Walnut Ragout

Mushroom-Infused Camembert

Taleggio Fonduta

N

Nectarines

Stone Fruit Phyllo Tarts with Mascarpone-Cardamom Ice Cream

New England Cheesemaking Supply, 4.1, 4.2

Nutella, Ricotta-Filled Chocolate Crepes with Sour Cherry Preserves and

O

O’Banon

Olives

Citrus Tapenade

Cobb Salad with Buttermilk Blue Dressing

Spinach Salad with Charred Ricotta Salata and Caramelized Oranges

Oranges

Citrus Tapenade

Herb-Citrus Vinaigrette

Herb Salad with Chèvre- and Bacon-Stuffed Figs

Spinach Salad with Charred Ricotta Salata and Caramelized Oranges

P

Panir

Curried Saag Panir

Low-Fat Panir

Parmesan

Goat Cheese and Chive Fallen Soufflés with Herb-Citrus Vinaigrette

Pasta Salad, Bocconcini and Roasted Tomato

Pear, Blue Cheese, and Bacon Galette

Pecan leaves

Smoked Brandy-Pecan Gorgonzola

Pecorino Romano

Peluso family

Penicillium candidum, 1.1, 4.1

Penicillium glaucum, 4.1

Penicillium roqueforti, 1.1, 4.1

Phyllo Tarts, Stone Fruit, with Mascarpone-Cardamom Ice Cream

Pistachio Brittle

Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

Port Salut

Potatoes

Taleggio Fonduta

Propionibacterium shermanii, 1.1, 1.2, 3.1

Provolone

Q

Quark

Queso Blanco, 1.1, 2.1

Queso Fresco

Queso Oaxaca

Grilled Chiles Rellenos Stuffed with Queso Oaxaca, Mushrooms, and Sweet Potato

R

Real Cream Cheese

Reblochon

Recchiuti, Michael

Redwood Hill Farm, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2

Reese, Bob

Rennet, 1.1, 2.1

Rhizomucor miehei, 1.1

Rians Group

Ricotta

Burrata

Goat Ricotta

Ricotta-Filled Chocolate Crepes with Nutella and Sour Cherry Preserves

Ricotta Salata

Smoky Ricotta Affumicata

Spinach Salad with Charred Ricotta Salata and Caramelized Oranges

Whey Ricotta

Whole Milk Ricotta

Ripening

cheese

milk

Roasted Tomato–Herb Sauce

Robiola

Bloomy Robiola

Leaf-Wrapped Robiola

Rogue Creamery

Romano

Roquefort

Rosemon, Robin, 2.1, 3.1

Roth Käse, 4.1, 4.2

Rustico Foglie di Noce

S

Saag Panir, Curried

Safety tips

Saffron-Infused Manchego

Saint-Marcellin

Salad dressings

Buttermilk Blue Dressing

Herb-Citrus Vinaigrette

Salads

Bocconcini and Roasted Tomato Pasta Salad

Cobb Salad with Buttermilk Blue Dressing

Herb Salad with Chèvre- and Bacon-Stuffed Figs

Spinach Salad with Charred Ricotta Salata and Caramelized Oranges

Salt, 1.1, 1.2

Sandwich, Grilled Apple, Jack, and Curry

Sauces

Avocado-Tomatillo Salsa

Roasted Tomato–Herb Sauce

Scamorza

Smoked Mozzarella–Eggplant Fritters with Roasted Tomato–Herb Sauce

Smoked Scamorza

Scones, Cheddar and Chive

Shad, Judy, 2.1, 2.2

Sheep’s milk, pasteurized

Blue Gouda

Cotija

Feta

Gouda

Halloumi

Roquefort

Saffron-Infused Manchego

Sheep’s milk, raw

Blue Gouda

Feta

Halloumi

Roquefort

Shrimp, Grilled, Tortilla Soup with Cotija, Avocado-Tomatillo Salsa, and

Sinko, Brad, 3.1, 3.2

Smoked Brandy-Pecan Gorgonzola

Smoked Mozzarella–Eggplant Fritters with Roasted Tomato–Herb Sauce

Smoked Scamorza

Smoking

Smoky Ricotta Affumicata

Sonoma Cheese

Soufflés, Goat Cheese and Chive Fallen, with Herb-Citrus Vinaigrette

Soups

Moroccan Chickpea Soup with Harissa and Yogurt Cheese

Tortilla Soup with Grilled Shrimp, Cotija, and Avocado-Tomatillo Salsa

Sour cream

Buttermilk Sour Cream

Cultured Sour Cream

Spices

Spinach

Curried Saag Panir

Spinach Salad with Charred Ricotta Salata and Caramelized Oranges

Starter cultures, 1.1, 1.2

Stilton

Stone Fruit Phyllo Tarts with Mascarpone-Cardamom Ice Cream

Storing guidelines

String Cheese, Braided

Sweet potatoes

Grilled Chiles Rellenos Stuffed with Queso Oaxaca, Mushrooms, and Sweet Potato

Taleggio Fonduta

T

Taleggio

Taleggio Fonduta

Tapenade, Citrus

Tarts

Blue Cheese, Bacon, and Pear Galette

Caramelized Apple Tart with Cheddar Crust

Stone Fruit Phyllo Tarts with Mascarpone-Cardamom Ice Cream

Tea-Smoked Gruyère

Teleme-Style, Washed-Rind

Toasted Grape Leaf–Wrapped Chèvre

Tomatillo-Avocado Salsa

Tomatoes

Bocconcini and Roasted Tomato Pasta Salad

Cobb Salad with Buttermilk Blue Dressing

Moroccan Chickpea Soup with Harissa and Yogurt Cheese

Roasted Tomato–Herb Sauce

Tomato-Ginger Chutney

Tortilla Soup with Grilled Shrimp, Cotija, and Avocado-Tomatillo Salsa

Tomme, Alpine-Style

Tortilla Soup with Grilled Shrimp, Cotija, and Avocado-Tomatillo Salsa

Traditional Mozzarella

Trethowan, Todd

V

Vacuum-sealing, 1.1, 1.2

Valençay

Vanilla Bean Fontainebleau with Pistachio Brittle

Vegetarian cheese

Vella Cheese Company, 3.1, 3.2

Vermont Butter & Cheese Creamery, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 4.1, 4.2

Vineyard, Nancy

Vodka Spirited Goat, Lemon

W

Wallace, Jim, 4.1, 4.2

Walnut leaves

Rustico Foglie di Noce

Walnuts

Blue Cheese and Toasted Walnut Fudge Brownies

Maple-Planked Brie with Mushroom-Walnut Ragout

Washed-Rind Teleme-Style

Water

baths

importance of

Waters, Alice

Waxing

Westfield Farm

Whey

using

Whey Ricotta

Whole Milk Ricotta

Wine

Cabra al Vino

Wood-Fired Morbier

Y

Yogurt

Curried Saag Panir

Greek-Style Yogurt

Moroccan Chickpea Soup with Harissa and Yogurt Cheese

Vanilla Bean Fontainebleau with Pistachio Brittle

Yogurt and Dill No-Knead Bread

Yogurt Cheese with Mint

Z

Zingerman’s Delicatessen