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@Kurterino

Depending where you live, you may have to make your own. The simplest recipes use milk (not UHT) and white vinegar. To source milk, ask at your local bakeries in town. Good luck !

@Kurterino
Depending where you live, you may have to make your own. The simplest recipes use milk (not UHT) and white vinegar. To source milk, ask at your local bakeries in town. Good luck ! - @bepmoht

I had no idea that it鈥檚 possible to make it at home, with nothing but milk and vinegar, and no special equipment other than a thermometer. I鈥檒l probably give it a try!

罢丑虫!馃槉

@Kurterino Depending where you live, you may have to make your own. The simplest recipes use milk (not UHT) and white vinegar. To source milk, ask at your local bakeries in town. Good luck ! - @bepmoht

Hey bepmoht,

That is really interesting! Thanks for sharing! I will definitely look into it and try it at home. 馃槉

Cheers,

Cheryl

大咖福利影院 team

@Kurterino
Depending where you live, you may have to make your own. The simplest recipes use milk (not UHT) and white vinegar. To source milk, ask at your local bakeries in town. Good luck ! - @bepmoht

Well, I did some reading, and it is indeed possible to make mozzarella at home, and all you need is milk and vinegar. However, normally you would need 鈥渞ennet鈥� (I hope that is the correct word, I think it鈥檚 the substance that contains the bacteria necessary to make cheese), and even though you can substitute vinegar for the rennet, it seems that if you want to obtain the consistency and the melting point necessary for the mozzarella you use on pizzas, the vinegar method is no bueno.

I鈥檒l keep looking, maybe there is a shop in Salvador that carries real mozzarella (probably not, but you never know鈥�)

04/10/26 @Kurterino聽 Well, I did some reading, and it is indeed possible to make mozzarella at home, and all you need is milk and vinegar. However, normally you would need 鈥渞ennet鈥� (I hope that is the correct word, I think it鈥檚 the substance that contains the bacteria necessary to make cheese) - @Kurterino

Rennet is a mixture of digestive enzymes for coagulating milk, historically extracted by processing the stomachs of ruminants, particularly calves, nowadays mostly brewed artificially using bacteria.聽 聽The Portuguese term for "rennet" is "coalho l铆quido".聽 There's a Brazilian brand called "HA-LA" that I've seen in stores, and that's available from Mercado Livre and Amazon BR.聽 So, ask around Salvador for coalho l铆quido and you may have some luck.聽 I suspect that the Italian cheesemakers still use the traditional form, but the bacteria-based form may get you closer to your goal than vinegar.

@abthree

Yes, HA-LA is very common even in my berg. I see in Farm stores and corner groceries. We have a lot of cows out here in the sticks.

@abthree (remember the Italian groceries in Upstate NY? They always have fresh mozzarella swimming in the whey. Cardonas, Civitellos, De Fazios, Ragonese, Capri鈥� yummy. Not to mention sopressa, oil cured black olives, fried eggplant. You have to love the italians that immigrated from the south of italy. So much great food! manga, manga 馃ぃ

04/10/26 @bepmoht.聽 Yes indeed -- thanks for the memories! 馃槂

04/10/26 @Kurterino Well, I did some reading, and it is indeed possible to make mozzarella at home, and all you need is milk and vinegar. However, normally you would need 鈥渞ennet鈥� (I hope that is the correct word, I think it鈥檚 the substance that contains the bacteria necessary to make cheese) - @KurterinoRennet is a mixture of digestive enzymes for coagulating milk, historically extracted by processing the stomachs of ruminants, particularly calves, nowadays mostly brewed artificially using bacteria. The Portuguese term for "rennet" is "coalho l铆quido". There's a Brazilian brand called "HA-LA" that I've seen in stores, and that's available from Mercado Livre and Amazon BR. So, ask around Salvador for coalho l铆quido and you may have some luck. I suspect that the Italian cheesemakers still use the traditional form, but the bacteria-based form may get you closer to your goal than vinegar. - @

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Thank you, it鈥檚 indeed available at Mercado Livre. Maybe Ill give it a try 馃槉

The recipe isn鈥檛 too difficult (provided I can find the milk 鈥�I never buy milk, I don鈥檛 know if the supermarket carries non-UHT milk)

It does look like a recipe that can go wrong quite easily, but it鈥檚 worth a try.

@Kurterino

I don鈥檛 know the size of the town is where you live. It can make a big difference where you can find non-UHT milk. In large cities some grocery stores do carry regular pasteurized whole milk. It comes in plastic bags usually and it鈥檚 refrigerated. In smaller towns, milk can be sometimes found at local bakeries. Sometimes it is the same product as found in the big city supermarkets (again in plastic bags). Where I live, in the rural countryside area, the only milk I see is raw milk sold in reused 2 liter coke bottles. They deliver it to local bakeries or to individuals if you arrange it. Good luck!

@bepmoht

The town where I live is pretty small, but I鈥檓 in close proximity to Lauro de Freitas and Salvador. But we do have a little bakery, I鈥檒l try there before driving to Salvador.

@abthree

Where did you get the Buffalo milk necessary for true mozzarella? :-)

05/18/26聽 Where did you get the Buffalo milk necessary for true mozzarella? :-) - @alexanderstephenlange

That was @Kurterino.聽 I just suggested to him how he might find rennet. 馃槂

@abthree
Where did you get the Buffalo milk necessary for true mozzarella? :-) - @alexanderstephenlange

I know that some Mozzarella is made from Buffalo milk, and I also know that it鈥檚 considered superior to mozzarella made from

cow milk. However I鈥檓 not sure that you need buffalo milk in order to make real (or true) mozzarella. In Switzerland, every supermarket carries聽 several different mozzarella brands, and most of them are made from cow milk.

In short, I didn鈥檛 bother looking for buffalo milk,聽 I鈥檓 getting fresh cow milk from the market, which is open once a week , every Saturday morning. And you have to get there early, not many vendors have milk, and after 9 it鈥檚 hit or miss.

Hello alexanderstephenlange,

Please note that I have moved your post, along with the related replies, to this thread as it was off-topic in the other discussion.

Let鈥檚 not mix taxes with mozzarella together, not the most delicious combination 馃槅

Cheers,

Cheryl

大咖福利影院 team

Hello alexanderstephenlange,
Please note that I have moved your post, along with the related replies, to this thread as it was off-topic in the other discussion.

Let鈥檚 not mix taxes with mozzarella together, not the most delicious combination 馃槅

Cheers,

Cheryl
大咖福利影院 team - @Cheryl

Actually it was me who brought up the Mozzarella in the taxes thread. You鈥檙e right, it doesn鈥檛 belong there, sorry about that.

Oh no worries! All good now 馃槈

I was very happy to hear that you tried it and that it was a success.

The ASSAI attacadao has good mozza.