What Are Curds? Curds are solid masses produced from milk by the process of fermentation. Milk consists of globular proteins called casein. When the acid and coagulants are added, the proteins denaturate and give a thick texture to the milk. This will make the proteins fold together and form a solid, chunky mass called milk curd. After the curd forms in the pot, use a knife to cut it into blocks. Now, you need to stir the curds to 'wash' them. The longer you wash the curds, the drier the cheese will be. This washing process will ensure that the proteins are keeping the cur together. If you want a sweeter cheese, replace some of the whey with water. Finally, you can dry the curds by pouring the contents of the pot into a colander in the sink. After the liquid has drained out, squish the curds together and shape it into a wheel. You want to move quickly; if the curds get cold, they will dry out and the wheel will fall apart.
Ways To Produce Curds
A Way To Produce Milk Curd Another way to produce milk curd is to let milk sour. This will produce a curd and a cheese known as sour milk cheese. Usually, the milk used for this process is raw milk. Be careful to remove most of the consequences of consuming raw milk cheese (when using raw milk) before selling the cheese or eating the cheese.
Ways to Produce Cheese Curds Cheese curds are curds that are drained of whey and served without further processing or aging. There are two methods to making cheese curd. They are using rennet and acid. Rennet attaches the lactose to the coagulated proteins. This cheese isn't recommended for those people with lactose intolerance. However, acid (like lemon juice) releases the lactose into the water. This cheese is actually recommended for lactose intolerant people. True curds and whey are produced from the natural separation of milk due to its environment.
Different Types of Curds/Ways to Eat Curds
Different Types of Curds from Different Places Aarts: Mongolian fermented curd. Eaten as a dry snack or reconstituted as a hot drink. Chongos Zamoranos: A dessert prepared with milk curdled with sugar and cinnamon. Cuajada: Popular in Spain and Central America. Sweetened and eaten for breakfast or dessert. Curd Snack: Popular in the Baltic States. Usually eaten as a snack. Cokelek: From Turkey. Form of fermented buttermilk or yogurt curd. Kurt: From Central Asia. Type of cheese curd. Ostkaka: From Sweden, some call it a Swedish National Dish. Swedish style cheese cake. Paskha: Russian Easter dessert. Made of quark. (Quark is a fresh cheese of European origin) Ricotta: From Italy. A type of whey cheese. Skyr: From Iceland. A type of Icelandic Curd. Tofu: From Eastern and South-Eastern Asian countries. The coagulated product from soy milk. TuroRudi: From Hungary. Hungarian chocolate bar with curd. Urda: From Balkans. A fresh white cheese made from whey.