Curd and whey are formed during the process of cheese-making when milk is coagulated. This occurs when an acid, such as vinegar or lemon juice, or rennet is added to milk, causing the proteins (casein) to clump together and form curds. The liquid portion that remains after the curds have been separated is called whey. This separation allows for the production of various cheeses, with the curd being the solid part and the whey containing water, lactose, and some proteins.
Curd is the solid part of coagulated milk formed during the cheese-making process, while whey is the liquid part that remains. Curd is rich in proteins and fats, and whey contains water, lactose, vitamins, and minerals. Both curd and whey can be used in cooking and baking.
Whey: the serum or watery part of milk that is separated from the curd in making cheese.
You don't separate crream from curd, you separate whey from curd. Cream is skimmed from the top of milk as it sits and the cream floats to the top. Then the milk is used to make curds and whey by adding a curdling agent like rennet. The curds form and the clear liquid they float in is whey. Then you can strain the curds from the whey by pouring them through cheese cloth.
Rennet is added to milk and forms curds and whey. The whey is then tapped off leaving the curds.
Curd is typically in a semi-solid state, resembling a thick, creamy texture. It is formed when milk coagulates, separating into solid curds and liquid whey. This process can occur naturally through bacterial fermentation or by adding rennet. Curd is commonly used in various dairy products like cheese and yogurt.
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Whey is a milk serum, a watery liquid that separates from the curds, after coagulation, as in cheese making. In other words, curds are clots and the whey is the 'water' left behind
Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whey...Usually when we speak of curd we use the plural 'curds', unless it comes before a noun, in which case you would say "curd cheese", not curds cheese.
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Hard cheeses are pressed before they are matured. It condenses the curd to force out more whey and make the cheese its hard texture.
Whey butter is butter that it is made from whey leftover from cheesemaking. You can make cottage cheese by curdling milk with vinegar. The lumpy bits are the curds (cottage cheese) and the whey is the liquid. Squeeze the lumos to make harder cheese and shake up the whey in a jar to make butter. Easy.