bernardsmith
Well-Known Member
Quick question. I am making a block of kefir cheese and had it under pressure for 3 days. it's now air drying (our apt is hot - we have no control over the temperature in winter because this is a high rise). The cheese is cracking as it dries. Does anyone who has experience with hard cheeses know why it might crack and what I need to do in the future to prevent this. Not going to be a huge problem for this block as I was not intending to "age" this cheese more than about a week but cosmetically, it would like much better if it did not have these cracks. BUT, insofar as the cracks are appearing does this point to an underlying problem that I need to address next time? Thanks.