Whey ricotta
Whey ricotta recovers fine curds from leftover cheesemaking whey, often with added milk, by heating the whey and acidifying it until the curds separate.
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Jameed
A documentary account of jameed, a traditional dried cultured-milk food. The cited sources do not provide a complete validated home process or a measurable endpoint for making it shelf-stable.
Elevated risk
Kashkaval, brine-finished
A yellow stretched-curd cheese made by acidifying, draining and kneading curd in hot brine. This small-batch kashkaval uses a commercial starter and a brine finish.
Elevated risk
Citric-acid-and-rennet mozzarella
A quick fresh batch uses low-temperature-pasteurized whole milk, citric acid and rennet; the curd is warmed, drained and stretched in hot whey.
Aarchi and kurut (Altai dried curd)
A two-stage Altai dairy preparation: sour chegen is heated into soft aarchi, then portions are drained, pressed and traditionally smoked into firm kurut.
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Cultured queso fresco
Cultured buttermilk, pasteurized milk, vinegar and rennet make this soft, crumbly queso fresco by a New Mexico home method adapted from Washington’s Abuela Project.
Elevated risk
Microwave-stretched mozzarella-style curd
A creator sets raw cow’s milk with vinegar, presses the hot curd, warms it in short microwave intervals, then stretches it and cools it in water and ice.
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Salted-whey mozzarella-style curd
A Ukrainian creator sets fresh cow’s milk with vinegar, squeezes the curd, warms it in salted whey, then stretches it and cools it in water.