https://www.facebook.com/YYFAP For more info, events etc..
One shoreline will be providing transportation to and from YYFAP this school year, school aged tuition is $350/month including breakfast and afterschool snacks and outings. Speaking of pre school and all pre-K programs I wanted to include this great article about what we can learn from Swedish Preschools ....
Also the School Calender for Crestview Heights has been released and all our wonderful new teachers are on contract as of this Monday. Did you know that all district children are on early release every Wednesday at 2pm?
In the meantime were checking out playgrounds around Newport this summer, a round of tie dye shirts and the big kids did basketball camp in Newport and improved their skills amazingly.
We have also been visiting the Seal Rock ArtBarn Farm, we love the garden and picking lots of blackberries and awaiting the tree fruits coming.
The garden is also amazing there and looking forward to planting some garlic soon and love having a space to garden, today we are going to the Lincoln County Master Gardeners tomato tasting at the Central Coast Community College! Yummy, we better swing the by the farm store and make some fresh mozzarella and a baguette to bring with us!
Boccicini ala One Shoreline
Bocconcini, meaning “little bites” in Italian, are egg sized Mozzarella cheeses that originated in Naples and were once made only from the milk of water buffaloes. They are semi-soft, white and rindless, unripened mild cheeses available as a delicatessen in plastic tubs filled with whey or water. Now-a-days, Bocconcini’s are usually made from a mixture of water buffalo and cow’s milk. Since this delicious cheese is perishable, it is best consumed fresh.
These bite-sized cheeses have a refreshingly delicate and creamy aroma. Because of its elastic texture and consistency, Italians like to savor them in a salad, wrap it in a prosciutto or serve them with a spinach dish known as Bocconcini Sorentina. A variety of Italian dishes can be spruced up by the very sweet and very light butter taste of Bocconcini. Slice them on pizzas or vegetable dishes and broil in an oven until the cheese just starts to melt.
Ingredients
- 1 gallon Milk, not ultra-pasteurized
- 1 1/2 tsp. Citric Acid powder, dissolved in 1/4 cup room-temperature water
- 1/4 tsp. Liquid Rennet or 1/2 tablet Rennet, dissolved in 1/4 cup room-temperature water
- 1 tsp. Cheese (Flake) Salt or Kosher Salt
Instructions
1. Pour the milk in to a large pot. On medium-low, heat slowly to 55 degrees Fahrenheit. Stir slowly and continuously to keep from scalding.
2. Once the milk reaches 55 degrees, pour in the citric acid mixture and stir well. Keep heating.
3. When the milk hits 88 degrees, add the rennet mixture and stir well. Right around this time the milk will start to thicken, and you’ll see little white flecks stick to your spoon as it starts curdling.
4. Once the milk is in the 90-degree range, it should be noticeably curdled. Stir very gently at this point, if at all — you want to encourage the curds to knit together.
5. Between 95 and 105 degrees, the curds will be quite thick. Turn off the heat once they start separating from the sides of the pot, and there’s a very clear distinction between the curds (white clumps) and whey (yellow liquid).
6. Let the curds rest for 5 minutes.
7. With a perforated or slotted spoon, ladle the curds into a bowl. The curds will continue expelling whey once they’re in the bowl, which is fine. Once you have pulled most of the curds out of the pot (some little bits will probably still be floating about), pour any excess whey back in the pot.
8. Using a microwave, heat the curds for 60 seconds. Drain off any excess whey, then fold the curds over once, then once again. This is to distribute the heat evenly.
9. Microwave again for about 30-40 seconds, depending on the strength of your microwave. Pour off the whey.
10. Sprinkle the salt onto the cheese, and then fold the curds over twice again. Put them back into the microwave for another 30-40 seconds. Pour of any excess whey.
11. At this point, the cheese should be very hot, and look like melted mozzarella!
12. Stretch the cheese, and then fold it back on itself. If it tears when you try to stretch it, the cheese is not hot enough; just repeat the microwaving process. Stretch it again once or twice. If you want a more string-cheese like cheese, do it a few more times.
13. You can then twist or braid the cheese, or tear off pieces and roll them into small balls. If you’re going to refrigerate the cheese for later, drop it in a bowl of ice water to get the temperature down quickly. Otherwise, just dig in while it’s still warm!
Stay tuned for more garden and foodie announcements, one of my goals this fall is to revive the Central Coast Slow Foods Group and some great workshops from regional Community Rights for Benton, Marion, Lane and Lincoln Counties, including wild & medicinal herb identification and harvesting!!Ten River's Food Web is also an amazing resource!
Community Rights Lincoln County Meeting
Aug 19 6:30pm to 8:30pm
water buffalo milk! learn something new every day.
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