Kosher rennet for mozzarella
Feb. 24th, 2009 05:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
magidI have friends who found an affordable price for kosher-certified (OU) microbial rennet... as long as it's bought in liter bottles. Since a one-pound batch of mozzarella takes something like a quarter of a teaspoon of rennet (a liter bottle making about 800 pounds of cheese), this is way more than they can use, given its year to year and a half shelf life. So, they're looking for people to split an order with.
The plan is that they'll order a bottle after Pesach (it's not kosher for Passover certified) and have it repackaged in family-sized packages (not sure exactly how much this is; presumably specific details will be available soon) under supervision. The current estimate is that this would cost about $6 (plus shipping), which breaks down to about $1 to $1.50 plus the cost of a gallon of milk for a pound of cheese (plus the satisfaction of making cheese yourself, etc., etc., etc.). And they'd include their mozzarella recipe, too. Let me know if you're interested.
The plan is that they'll order a bottle after Pesach (it's not kosher for Passover certified) and have it repackaged in family-sized packages (not sure exactly how much this is; presumably specific details will be available soon) under supervision. The current estimate is that this would cost about $6 (plus shipping), which breaks down to about $1 to $1.50 plus the cost of a gallon of milk for a pound of cheese (plus the satisfaction of making cheese yourself, etc., etc., etc.). And they'd include their mozzarella recipe, too. Let me know if you're interested.