Camembert Kit

The kit comes with a detailed easy to follow directions demystifying all the steps in the camembert making process and can be used with regular full cream milk, straight from the supermarket.

How Does It Work?

Camembert & Brie are made with these simple steps;

1. Milk is warmed
2. Calcium chloride is added
3. Starter culture and mould are added
4. The milk is allowed to sit, maintaining the temperature
5. Rennet is added causing the milk to coagulate into a single large curd
6. The curd is cut and stirred to drain off whey
7. The curds are placed in Camembert or Brie hoops to drain off the whey
8. The hoops are turned to expel the whey evenly
9. The Camembert or Brie is salted and then aged at 10 to 15 deg C in a ripening box

This Kit Contains:

• Instruction Booklet
• 200 mm Dairy Thermometer
• Rennet (Suitable for Vegetarians) (Up to 40 batches)
• Direct Inoculation Mesophilic Hard Curd Starter Culture (100 Litre sachet - from SACCO)
• Direct Inoculation Penicillium Candidum White Mould (30 dose container)
• 4 x 100 mm Camembert Hoops (Most kits we see have only 2 hoops!)
• 10 sheets of Cheese Wrap
• 50 ml Calcium Chloride
• 250 gm Cheese Salt
• Free Sterile Jar

You Will Need: (most of which can be found in your kitchen)

• Stainless steel pot to place your milk in large enough to hold four litres
• A second, larger pot to place your first pot in, to act as a water jacket, so you can indirectly heat your milk
• Stainless steel perforated spoon
• Stainless steel curd knife
• Stainless steel ladle
• Measuring cups
• Measuring spoons
• Mini measuring spoons (optional)
• 2 Draining mats
• 2 Cheeseboards
• Ripening box
• Somewhere to age your cheese (10 to 15 deg C)

How Much Does It Make?

Our Camembert Cheese Kit makes 25 batches of Camembert Cheese, with each batch producing 4 individual Camembert Cheeses.

How Do I Store My Ingredients?

We ship these products Australia wide, however, this kit contains ingredients that do require long term storage in a freezer, on arrival. Extended time out of a freezer will decrease the shelf life.

Shelf Life of Cultures:

When stored correctly, freeze dried lactic cultures are typically viable long after any date on the pack.

Dosing Cheese Culture:

We are often asked "if my culture pack is enough for 100 litres, how do I work out how much to use for four or eight litres"?