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Food adventures: Mozzarella class

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I love eating and I LOVE CHEESE. A couple of years a friend did some cheese making courses and I knew that if I was going to be awesome, I too needed to learn to make mozzarella.

On Saturday headed out to beautiful Muriwai to go to a course with The Gourmet Gannet  and a couple of hours later I was heading back to the big city with my first, but hopefully not last, self-made mozzarella balls. I got to wear a cute apron. The class was very straightforward and easy to follow. There is talk of returning for one of the sausage courses.

Some things I learned:

  • Mozzarella isn’t very hard to make
  • Focus is necessary, particularly on temperatures
  • You shouldn’t take your cheese out of the iced water too soon, unless you want to create new shapes
  • Friends are super impressed when you serve them cheese you made yourself

I was extraordinarily proud of what I’d made. This must be what being a parent feels like.

Little Baby Cheeses

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Let’s talk cheese. I came across these little darlings at College Hill New World tonight. Reasons I’m a fan:
  • It’s more fun buying three little cheeses than choosing one normal sized one
  • They’re the perfect size for one person, so you don’t have to wait for a party to buy lovely cheese
  • You can eat them in one sitting – no wrapping up leftovers 
  • Eat one and there are still two unopened cheeses to enjoy later one
  • They look adorable (is it wrong to think food is adorable?)

There are some lovely looking blues too. Nice work Puhoi Valley. I think it might be almost time for a summer trip up to the cheese factory.

Steakout

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I’m a girl who appreciates a good steak sandwich and this one from Armchair Collective, located somewhere in the Northern Beaches of Sydney, was top notch.

From memory, the fillings were:
– goats cheese
– roast tomato
– rocket
– perfectly cooked steak
– fresh pesto

Your move Auckland eateries.