Juustoa - Finnish " Squeaky" Cheese

"Finnish Squeaky Cheese - when eaten warmed, it squeaks. A favorite in the northern UP/Mich area - and among the Finns. My dad often, would take a cube and drop it in his coffee to heat the cheese. It's very mild."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 40mins
Ingredients:
5
Yields:
1 large cheese
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ingredients

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directions

  • Heat milk to 90°F and add sugar, cornstarch, salt and rennet.
  • Stir, and remove from heat.
  • Let set until gelled.
  • When set, cut in x's with a spoon until the consistency of cottage cheese.
  • After cutting, let settle for another 30 minutes until they mat together at the bottom of pot.
  • Drain off whey.
  • Place the curd into a 10x12 cake pan and broil until browned.
  • Remove and cool enough to flip curd over.
  • Once you flip it over, you may spread with a little butter and lightly salt.
  • Broil again, until browned.

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Reviews

  1. Didnt care for this recipe at all, poor taste and did not gel for me. I found the directions to be very poor on explaining on how to make it.
     
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  2. This is delicious and tastes just like my grandpa used to make. I usually buy this in the store, because I thought it would be hard to make, but it was SO EASY. I looked last week and they were selling Juusota for $10.49/lb!!!! I definitely saved money making it myself. I used a cloth baby diaper to strain the curd from the whey, I tried cheese cloth, but the curd kept getting stuck. I could only find rennet in tablet form, so I used 1½ tablets. The recipe didn't state which type of milk, so I used whole milk and also added a can of evaporated milk.
     
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<P>I'm a Mom of three boys: 19, 16, 13 (Josh, Jake and Jonah) and a 1 yr old golden retriever-Jethro. I work full-time as a Medicare compliance analyst for a non-profit health insurer. I love to cook - although I don't always have enough time to do as I'd like to do. I don't especially care to do the clean up though- but who does?? Food in general brings people together and makes people feel at ease. My boys love to help out in the kitchen-especially if I'm baking bread or baking sweet treats for them. If anyone were to ask them what I put in a recipe - first two ingredients they'd list would be olive oil and garlic -- (well not for the sweet stuff..at least)! I'm constantly browsing to see how I can alter/influence my family's eating - as well as trying to get it on the table quickly! My boys are all hockey players - so I spend a lot of time at the ice arena. When I have time of my own..I try to get on the golf course or read cookbooks.</P>
 
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