Blended cheese experiment update

[Steve B]

so after reading all the replies and doing some research on my own. This is what I came up with.
I took a block of jack cheese and a block of havarti, shredded them added 2 Reapers and 2 jalapeños. Taking CandySueQ advice I cooked the peppers, boiled them for 7min, to be exact.
I minced up the peppers. Tossed everything together in a 1 gallon bag.
Decided to go the SV route. Much easier to get precise temps.
Started @80* let the bag go for 20min.
Not soft enough so I went to 90* and let it go for 20min.
Getting there but not quite soft enough.
Kicked it up to 95*. Another 15min and just about perfect.
I did go to 100* which was a little too hot. The cheeses started to separate but not too bad.
I than mushed it all together trying to squeeze out any air pockets. Cut the corner of the bag and squeezed the mixture into 2 mini loaf pans. Pressed them as firmly as possible.
Put in the fridge overnight and I was pleasantly surprised the 2 new blocks of cheese came out pretty darn good.
I will definitely do this again.
Enough of my rambling. Time for the pics.

[Willy]

Thanks for the update! How were the taste and texture?

[Steve B]

Tasted good exactly like pepper jack, havarti cheese. I was a little surprised that it wasn't hotter. Next time gonna add more Reapers.

[customtrim]

Have you tried it yet

[Steve B]

Yepper. Had a couple of slices and topped off my burger with it last night. It melted nicely but didn't have as much heat as I was hoping for.

[customtrim]

Steve B my stuff seemed to lose heat after cooking them, thats what i was wondering

[CandySueQ]

I'd buy that! Looks good!

[Spinaker]

Looks great Steve! I am also curious about the texture of the cheese.

[Steve B]

I would have to say just like a pepper jack cheese you'd buy in the store.

[CaptainMike]

What a fun experiment! The boil might have sapped some of the heat from your peppers.

[CandySueQ]

Bet you're right! I'd be tempted to do a flame roast over coals in a veggie basket, instead of boiling.

[CaptainMike]

CandySueQ my wife makes candied jalapenos and jalapeno jelly and tames them down by boiling. Great end results that anyone can eat, but I miss the heat. I really like the roasting advice.

[Steve B]

Thanks CandySueQ and CaptainMike try that next batch.

[HouseHomey]

Awesome work Brother!! You have me thinking.

[FireMan]

Alas, you are now a cheesehead! Congrats, sure looks good.

[kmhfive]

Great work! Thanks for the experiment.

[Buck Flicks]

Maybe roasting the peppers instead of boiling them would retain more heat? Not sure... never tried anything like that before, but I wonder if a lot of the capsicum was leeched out in the boiling water.

[Steve B]

I'm thinking your right. The other thing I did was soak up all the liquid from the peppers after I minced them up.
It definitely makes sense. Last years Reaper sauce was not nearly as hot as the years before. 2 years ago I fermented the peppers and last year I boiled them.
Tried different recipes.

[Buck Flicks]

Fermented... now that sounds delicious!

[Steve B]

And if it turns out like the last time. Much hotter. Oh yeah.

[RonB]

Thanx for the update and congrats on a successful experiment.

[Huskee]

Nice work! Whoddathunk to SV cheese!

[Potkettleblack]

Nice work.

[Jetski]

Very nice, thanks for sharing!

[Catmandu]

Once you get the pepper heat you're after, maybe try to cold smoke some of it to see how that turns out. Thanks for sharing the results of your experiment.

[Steve B]

Good idea. My brother has a cold smoker of some sorts