Beautiful! Didn't expect you to make such a hyperregional German cheese, but then again, you're the Cheeseman. Can't wait for tomorrow's video where you add the Musik to the Handkäs.

They are an acquired taste but I love them. Handkäs mit Musik is extremely good I prefer the Palatinate version with Wine instead of cider.

i randomly stumbled across this video and love the good day curd nerds warmed my heart

Thanks for another great video Gav!

I do not like the taste of these Handkäse cheeses but my hubby loves them. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you so much! I’ve been waiting for this since many years. Vi had a similar type of this lactic cheese in an other region where i grow up. There it calls Harzer Käse. This ist typical with cumin seeds. You can even find one with white mold (penicillium). I frefer to eat them with a little bit mustard on top. Thank you! You are the curdmaster!

@lazonfutura2872

4 ай бұрын

Cumin sounds amazing with.

Woohoo, glad you finally made it!

A very unique looking cheese. Cheers, Gavin! 👍🏻👍🏻✌️

In Czechia, we make similar cheese called “olomoucké tvarůžky” (Olomouc cheese) and it’s one of our national foods. I had no idea Germany has their own version, and now I wonder - who copied who?

@randominnkeeper1756

5 ай бұрын

Tuhle verzi prodávají v Lidlu v takovým zeleným obalu. A za mě je to možná i lepší chuťově. Tvargle jsou slanější, tenhle je takový jemný. Ale musí se dobře uležet, občas ještě mívá tvarohový prostředek.😊

@randominnkeeper1756

5 ай бұрын

Co se historie týče, tento druh sýrů je doložen už od středověku. Olomoucké jsou vyráběny od roku 1876, ale určitě byl podobný typ sýra k nalezení v Čechách i dříve. Bude to spíše takový středoevropský jev, koneckonců jsme byli s Německem geograficky, politicky i etnograficky spjati.

@martinhroch344

5 ай бұрын

@@randominnkeeper1756 Á, krajan! Děkuji za objasnění.

Looks good

I am so happy to see this, thank you so much! Could I also please ask, where do you get those large tubs with the rack in the bottom?

This is perfect. We always have a bunch of skimmed milk after butter making, and this gives us something to make with it other than dog cheese

Thank you so much Gavin for this recipe. I live in Brisbane but fell in love with Handkäse when vising my wife's family in Frankfurt, mit musik of course. Never thought I'd be able to replicate it. That said, I thought the same about Domiati until your recent vid on that Egyptian delicacy! Now to order some Brevibacterium Linens from your site.... Please keep up the regional specialties. Just a PS, in German it is pronounced Kay-zuh. The umlaut over the a turns its sound into as if you were saying the letter A and the e at the end of a word in German is always pronounced. Thanks again and keep up the good work!

I'd like to see you do a playlist on this channel of cheeses for beginners that don't require any special ingredients that you can't get at a regular grocery store, like rennet or cultures. (unless it's from yogurt. Are there any cheeses you can make out of yogurt?) There have to be other ones besides paneer.

@GavinWebber

5 ай бұрын

Great idea!

The best way to eat handkas... is to melt it and put one egg into it.... hmmm yummy

@about-blank-podcast

5 ай бұрын

i was looking for this receipe for years... not one video in german...

Love your videos. I’m always trying to talk like you when I’m making cheese, lol. I live near Boston. Where did you get that sink heater?

@GavinWebber

4 ай бұрын

Here is my recommendation for the precision cooker; www.littlegreencheese.com/2022/08/difficulty-heating-milk-for-cheesemaking.html

Thanks for this. Excellent video! I’ve enjoyed Handkäse mit Musik in Frankfurt many times and it’s delicious. By the way it’s pronounced “HANT-kayzer” not “HANT-karse”

@GavinWebber

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info!

@redabdab

5 ай бұрын

@@GavinWebberapologies for being a pedantic Pom. I am a subscriber tho and bloody love your videos. Everything is so well explained 👌🏼

Yes this is a great tasting cheese only thing is that this cheese is not German origin but Czech .

Hey Gavin, seeing as how it took a very long time for the rennet to set a curd, I wonder if using the flocculation method might be a good way to determine when to cut the curd? What factor number would you use?

@GavinWebber

5 ай бұрын

Hi Patricia. It's a difficult one to figure because the skimmed milk set so poorly. Flocculation method could be uses and I would use a multiplier of 6 to get the best possible curd set.

Wunderschoenes Musik! ;) XD

cheese expert

Hey Gavin! I've had the pleasure of tasting Handkase some years ago, and I loved it! I've been making cheese occasionally, and now I'm interested in creating a creamy paste cheese resembling Portuguese Serra Cheese. Usually, when eating that cheese, we open a lid on top of the cheese and scoop that creamy paste into a toast or bread. Would you happen to have any tips or even a video I can watch that can help achieve such consistency?

@GavinWebber

5 ай бұрын

I don't think that I've made any cheese like that. One to add to my list

@frostbite5516

4 ай бұрын

i think you're going to love it!@@GavinWebber

Hello Gavin, this is one of our favorite cheeses, not available for purchase where we live, unfortunately. Will try to make this for sure! I'm a complete beginner and don't have any equipment, could you please let me know where to get the horizontal curd cutter that you use in the video? Many Thanks

@GavinWebber

4 ай бұрын

The link for the cutter is in the video description

As a german i really approve of you making one of our cheeses despite me not beeing from that area but thats besides the point. May you look up and make cheese from the region of saxony?

This one is only for brave souls that's for sure. I ate it for a while in my salad as a protein source, but nothing can hide the smell and flavor, it's just not happening xD

I see Handkäs, I like.

It is nicht nur Bavarian music. It is German Volksmusik. Und hat keineswegs etwas mit diesem Rezept zu tun. Do people always have something to complain about?

such grandpa humor, love it. Cant stand the cheese though, it tastes like a stable smells.

Bravo .. 🇩🇪deutscher Handkäse 😅👍👍👍

I loved this video, excellently done, well made - and I especially enjoyed all the farting "mit musik" - I remember living in Germany and NOT LIKING this cheese! But fair play mate.

do you air dry the cheese at cave temps?

@GavinWebber

4 ай бұрын

I do, but it depends on the temperature in the kitchen. In winter I just leave it on the kitchen bench, in summer in the cheese fridge.

Hello, I love your channel but I'm sorry that you don't have any Spanish cheese on your channel, I encourage you to try or make Spanish cheeses, we have some of the best cheeses in the world. Greetings!

@GavinWebber

4 ай бұрын

I will try!

How easily could it be grated and used in that way?

@GavinWebber

4 ай бұрын

Yes, probably better in a salad grated.

It looks like the "Fromage de Bruxelles".

when u are ready do the real thing: GRAUKASE.

Handkäse 🧀

My German ancestors used to make "head cheese." Title gave me pause at first. #ReverseClickBait

HandKase mit Muzik !!!

The fart was next level content

Oh yes. Handkäs mit Musik; Hesses gift to the world. If you like, you can process the cheese further and make Kochkäse out of it, which is an extremely tasty cheese spread for a hearty bread!

Have you ever heard of ziergerkase? Its a whey cheese. I was looking through a cheese making book I bought to find a way to use all my leftover whey. Omg I just saw the part of the video with the big fart 😂😂😂😂 omg lol wtf hahahahaha its 4:26am and I started laughing out loud and had to restrain myself so I dont wake up my bf hahaha. Omg that was hilarious. But back to my question lol, have you ever madeba ziergerkase? If not would you consider doing so one day perhaps. I hate throwing all that whey out and I'd like to be able to make something other than ricotta with whey.

@GavinWebber

21 күн бұрын

Hi Em, no I haven't made that cheese yet. I will have to check it out.

😂🤣👍👍 🙋🏻‍♀️💕

Smelly socks😁

Käse is pronounced keh-zuh.

Великая Германия 👍

cheese is very constipating

Please remove the Bavarian folk music from the video, this cheese is NOT from Bavaria, it isn't eaten here, and I believe that the natives where it is traditionally made don't appreciate this cultural misstep.

@GavinWebber

5 ай бұрын

No

@travishoeffel6082

4 ай бұрын

It is quite annoying when people act as if all of Germany is culturally identical to Bavaria. It's sort of like if someone mixed up California surfing culture with Appalachian folk music 😆

@hin_hale

4 ай бұрын

That's what the anglospere does to every culture. It's not specific to Germany and they don't do it on purpose. They just don't know much about the rest of the world. I could act offended about the constant bastardisation of scandinavian cultures and history all day (ever seen literally any show or video game about vikings?) but it really isn't worth it. You're just going to have to strap a belt on your lederhosen and stop being so easily offended.

@jelsener100

4 ай бұрын

Oh give it a break. What a stupid comment. Go be woke somewhere else.

@notrajkishornagar

4 ай бұрын

*Puts wrong music* *Doesn't!elaborate* *Leaves* ​@@GavinWebber