Daily Archives: June 22, 2009

Jāņu siers

Līgo vakars is tomorrow and we’ve been patiently waiting for our kefir biezpiens to finish drying so we could make Jāņu siers (Latvian Solstice caraway cheese) today.

Making this type of fresh cooked cheese is a semi-involved process that takes about an hour of active cooking time. We made a small cheese this year since it’s just the two of us but it’s great for starting out too.

As far as biezpiens goes, I’m working on solidifying the process for making biezpiens from kefir and will test how to make it from buttermilk.

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