Homemade Mozzarella String Cheese

Ingredients

• •1 gallon whole milk
• •1.5 teaspoons liquid rennet diluted in 1/4 cup cool water
• •1.5 teaspoons salt
• •1/4 teaspoon lipase powder (optional)
• •as needed ice water

Directions

1. 1Heat milk to 90°F, add diluted rennet, stir gently for 1 minute, then let sit for 5 minutes until curds form.
2. 2Cut curds into small pieces and slowly heat to 105°F while stirring gently for 5 minutes.
3. 3Drain whey through cheesecloth, reserving 1 cup of whey, and heat curds to 90°F.
4. 4Microwave curds in 1-minute intervals, stirring and adding reserved whey as needed, until curds become smooth and stretch like taffy.
5. 5Pull and stretch the cheese repeatedly until it's shiny, then form into strings on a clean surface.
6. 6Cool strings in ice water bath for 5 minutes until firm.

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