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Skyr Recipe

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Ingredients:  
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ngredients:

1 gallon milk (usually fresh from the cow)
7 drops liquid animal rennet (or 4 drops liquid vegetable rennet)
1/4 cup warm, non-chlorinated water (well water on the Bjornson farm)
Directions:
Directions:
Bring the milk to a slow and steady simmer over a medium-high burner, heating it until it reaches the scalding point, about 15 to 20 minutes. Stir frequently to prevent scalding (if towards the very end of the heating process, you notice that the milk at the bottom of the pot has begun to scald, reduce the heat to medium-low and stop stirring. A small bit of scalding is o.k., but you don't want to release the scalded bits into the mixture).

Turn the burner off immediately when the milk reaches the scalding point. Remove from burner and allow to cool to 110°F.

Combine 1 cup of the cooled milk with the skyr, then return the mixture to the pot, stirring to incorporate.

Whisk the liquid rennet into the warm water, then stir immediately into the milk (the rennet will lose its effectiveness if prepared more than 30 minutes before using).

Cover the pot with a thick towel and keep in a warm, draft-free place (an oven or an insulated cooler) for 12 hours.

Spoon the curds into a fine-meshed bag (nylon vegetable bags work great for this!) or a double-layer of cheesecloth. Suspend the bag over a dripping tray in a cool room or the refrigerator and allow to drain until the skyr is thick.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
So! This is an acquired taste. The way I remember it is as follows.
There was none of this heat until a certain temp. etc. Amma had a stainless steel milk pail and a piece of cheese cloth hanging in it beside the wood stove. For breakfast Ava would walk over to the pail, and scoop a bowl full of Skyr. He would then sprinkle sugar on it and that was his breakfast. After "milking" of course.

 

 

 

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