Homemade Mozzarella Recipe recept

Name: Homemade Mozzarella Recipe
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 4 L Whole milk 1 teaspoon Citric acid 1 packet Vegetable rennet 1 teaspoon Salt

Tomáš, 22. 12. 2025

For 8 portions

Dissolve the citric acid in one quarter of a glass of water and in another glass dissolve the vegetable rennet in the same amount of water
Next pour the milk into a pot and stir the citric acid mixture into the gently warmed milk. Stir the milk slowly at approximately 30 ° C. Do not be alarmed at all if the milk begins to curdle.
The next step will be adding the vegetable rennet. When the milk reaches a temperature of 40 ° C, cover the pot and let it rest for 5 minutes.
While you wait, you can prepare another pot of water and bring it to about 90 ° C. All temperatures except for the water can be measured with a regular thermometer. In the pot you can already see how the whey has started to separate. However, if it still has a yellowish color, let it sit a little longer. Once the cheese has a milky color, you can strain it, for example using a sieve.
The drained cheese in the colander is placed into a second pot of water, which should be around 60 ° C, and you leave it there to rest for five minutes.
After five minutes, flip the cheese onto a wooden board. Be careful, though, it will still be hot. Once it cools a little, lightly salt it and mix it.
It will look like kneading dough, but the cheese will contract and a shiny lump will form, like in the picture.
You can then shape the cheese into balls or leave it whole.