How to make raw, enzyme and probiotic-rich liquid whey to use as a starter culture for all your home fermentation needs.
Do you know how to make whey from yogurt, kefir or raw milk?
A by-product of this simple technique is healthy homemade cream cheese that is loaded with enzymes and probiotics.
The recipe below describes how with visual instructions via video demonstration!
Making homemade baby formula? I recommend using this โquick wheyโ no straining method as the fastest and easiest approach.
How to Make Whey the REAL Way
Making real, liquid, nutrient rich, unadulterated whey in your own kitchen is a MUST step for any traditional cook to learn.
Without whey in its whole, liquid form, many other traditional recipes cannot even be attempted. ย You cannot buy whey from the store except in a denatured, unhealthy, powdered whey form. It is worth your time to learn what I show you in the video below.
Other video lessons on this blog show you how to use this whole food form of whey to make many delicious, healthful recipes for your family. ย Whey as made in the video demo below will keep up to 6 months in the refrigerator in a sealed mason jar.
If you absolutely have no access to farm fresh milk to make whole, unadulterated, enzyme rich whey, then you can use plain, organic yogurt brand from the store instead. Here are tips on how to spot the best yogurt brands.
The process is basically exactly the same thing as shown in the video.
You wonโt get nearly as much whey using yogurt as clabbered, farm fresh milk, but at least you can get enough to get you started.
Wonderful Whey and REAL Cream Cheese
The raw, enzyme-rich cream cheese I make in the recipe video below is fantastic on a sprouted or sourdough bagel for breakfast. Donโt buy the Ezekiel sprouted muffins as they contain soy. This low-carb bagel recipe is another great one to try.
If you prefer to buy, these sourdough bagels are available for shipping freshly made to your door.
To make, just take your cream cheese left over from making liquid whey and add a few strawberries and a dash of dark maple syrup to taste. Mix together by pulsing a few times in your food processor. This wonderful, fresh, REAL strawberry cream cheese will last one to two weeks in the refrigerator. ย Another wonderful use for this healthy raw cheese is to make an easyย no bake cheesecake.
No access to raw milk where you live? No problem. Check out this recipe plus video on how to separate whey from yogurtย purchased from the store.
Cloudy Whey vs Clear Whey
No matter whether your whey turns out cloudy or clear, it is safe and fine to use in all your favorite recipes. This article explains why sometimesย whey is cloudy compared to its usual golden color.
Raw Whey Recipe
How to separate raw, liquid whey from clabbered milk. The process also creates probiotic rich cream cheese.
Ingredients
- 1 quart raw milk preferably grassfed
- 1 large glass bowl
- 1 large rubber band
- 1 white dishtowel
Instructions
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Allow the raw milk to sit on the counter for 1-3 days at room temperature.ย
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When the milk separates into curds and whey (transforms into clabbered milk) you are ready to proceed. Note that the fresher the raw milk and the colder the temperature of your house, the longer it will take the raw milk to clabber.
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Line a clean, large glass bowl with a clean, white dishtowel that isnโt too thick. Cheesecloth will also work, but the holes in the mesh must be very small, else the milk curds will pass through.
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Gently pour the clabbered milk into the middle of the dish towel. Gather up the ends and fasten with a rubber band. Attach to a knob on an upper cabinet in your kitchen as shown in the picture.
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Let the raw whey drip into the bowl underneath. This process will continue for an hour or two.
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After the dripping stops, gently take down the hanging bag and place it into a clean bowl. Scrape out the raw cream cheese that is inside the bag, put in a container with a lid and refrigerate.
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Pour the liquid whey from the dripping bowl into a glass mason jar, afix the lid and refrigerate.ย
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Refrigerated, raw cream cheese will be good to eat for about a week. Raw whey will last several months refrigerated.
Recipe Video
How to Useย Whey in Recipes
How to Make Ricottaย Three Ways (plus Video How-to)
Perfect Probiotic Cottage Cheese
Cheese Making: ย Common Problems and Solutions
Hi Sarah,
Made my whey and strawberry cream cheese from Organic Pastures Raw Milk – I can’t get farm fresh here in Orange County, CA. The strawberry cream cheese has a strong taste – do we just need to get used to it?
Thanks,
Terry
I emailed the chapter leader in Apopka for a source of suet but he has not responded. You said you live in Florida. Where can I find suet? I’m anxious to stop using regular oils.
Thank you, Luisa
PS – I love your videos!!!
I made whey and it’s white like milk. Is that normal?
Video: Liquid Whey and Cream Cheese โ The Healthy Home Economist http://t.co/ElrqXJP So AWESOME! Must try!
Hi Sarah, I am making whey and the milk jug that the whey has been in for a day started to leak because it has a snap on lid. I had to pour it into a glass bowl. I covered it tightly with plastic wrap (press n seal) and I am wondering if it will still work?
Hi Sarah,
We watched your video on making whey and cream cheese. We tried to do this, however the milk will not clabber. It is raw milk, straight from the farm. I have had it out for a couple of days and it has not clabbered. It smells like it, but it has not thickened. Have you ever had this problem before? What should we do?
Thank You,
Mary Ann Butler
Hi Sarah, Do I have to use soured milk or can I use fresh milk to make whey? If I have to use soured milk can you tell me approx. how many days it takes milk to sour?
Hi Natalie, fresh milk takes longer to clabber on the counter. It might take several days or even a week if it is very fresh. Temperature of the house matters also. The warmer the house, the quicker the milk will clabber.
Hi Sarah,
What’s the difference between cream cheese and fromage blanc? I’m kind of confuse…
Also, I am celiac so if I eat sourdough bagel will that be dangerous with my condition?
Thanks
Martine
Correction: It’s only 1 month old
Sarah, I have 2 month old whey in the fridge that smells off or sour. Is that normal It was fine up until about a week ago? Should i throw it out? Do I have to come back to this site if you respond?