One day last week I felt the sudden urge to make cheese cake for myself and my cheese cake fiend husband. I consulted NT for the recipe knowing that if I produced a cheese cake from any other recipe it would be of less nutritional value. NT is the only recipe book I have come across that shows you not only how to make nourishing food but also how to prepare each ingredient appropriately. As is with most recipes in NT, there is substantial preparation required so needless to say the cheese cake was not going to be ready for a while. I lovingly informed my husband “The cheese cake will be ready in a week”. Hee! Hee!
I bought Cleopatra’s milk and poured milk into a shallow glass bowl with a lid and allowed it to stand on the kitchen bench for a few days with intermittent stirring. The milk happily separated so I moved on to the next step of pouring it into a Christmas pudding cloth and tied it to a wooden spoon and hung it between racks on my clothes drying rack and left it for two days until all the whey had seeped out into a bowl below. This process I must say was most rewarding for me. It is hard to describe in words but it was almost like I felt taken back in time to when making curds and whey was a normal chore to do in one’s home. I was relishing in this achievement. I was so excited…I was making cream cheese. It turned out however, to be a very strong smelling and tasting cream cheese. Not for the light hearted. In a clear glass jar also in the fridge is my liquid whey which I am saving and looking forward to choosing a deserving recipe. Beet Kvass maybe? A Ginger Beer?
I currently am now the proud owner of a delicate raw cheese cake which is at this moment delightfully setting and chilling in my fridge. I just hope we like the taste of it…especially the husband as I believe it is not going to be as overly sweet as he is accustomed to.
There is an overwhelmng sense of pride and achievement when one produces nourishing food!!
About the Author...
Rebecca lives with her wonderfully supportive husband. She is studying for a degree in Nutrition and would like to be a Child Nutritionist when she grows up. She would like to use the degree in the future to promote getting back to basics, organic and bio-dynamic food, and Permaculture. She has worked in Child Care and as an International Nanny for 12 yrs and has travelled 27 countries. Her three favourite things are Good Food, Good Friends and Good Conversation. She loves swimming and Oh! her husband ofcourse...hee! hee!
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