* 4 Litres full Cream Milk
* 1.2 litre Double cream
* A little DVI starter (see picture)
* Freeze dried Penicillium Roqueforti (see picture)
* 1 ml Rennet
* Sea salt. Use absolutely no more than 2% salt to total weight of cheese.

===Method===
'''Setting the Curds'''
* Using a Double boiler pre-warmed to 30° C, add the cold Pasteurised Milk and slowly bring the milk temperature to 30°
* Whisk the DVI starter into a little of the warm Milk and re-introduce the milk suspension to the boiler.
* Pour the Penicillium Roqueforti mould culture into the warm Milk. Whisk to mix. Cover with a clean Tea-towel and leave for 30 minutes.
* Add 1ml of Rennet to 1 tablespoon of cold, previously Boiled water, mix well and add to the Milk.
* Whisk to mix, cover and leave in a warm place (about 22° C) until the curd sets - this may take 2 to 3 hours.
* Cut the curds into 2.5 cm cubes and leave for 30 minutes. Ideally a grid-shaped cutter should be used for this but I have found a long bread knife does this quite well. Cut in a cross-hatch pattern from the top and then diagonally sideways to cut the 'cubes.
* After 30 minutes, drain as much whey as you can. Because this is '''so''' creamy, it is not as easy as thinner curds so most of the draining has to be done in cheesecloth-lined Colander.
* Ladle all of the cut curds into a cheesecloth lined colander to drain. Leave until they have reduced by 50%. This may take up to 4 hours.
* Pack the curds into one cheesecloth lined mould and allow to drain for 2 to 4 days at about 24°, turning often, preferably somewhere with a very high humidity (90%). A Chinese steamer makes a very good cheese mould, though it does need lining first.
* I originally used the weight of a bottle of wine to 'press' the cheese, but now I just keep turning the cheese. Its own weight seems to do the trick, though it may take a bit longer.
* Once the cheese has firmed up a little, remove from the cheesecloth and rub the surfaces with salt.
* Regularly turn and salt the cheese for another 3 days, a total of 5 to 7 days from the start of draining.
* Use a sterilised skewer to pierce the cheese to allow the mould to form. (See picture)
* Leave to mature for as long as you can bear! A wooden steamer or a wicker plate is good for this as it won't make the cheese sweat. The ideal conditions are around 10° C at 90% humidity. Turn daily if you can remember.
* Unless you have a cave handy, the fridge is probably the best place to mature your homemade cheese although it's really going to be too cold. After discovering the top shelf of my often-opened fridge could be as much as 5° C warmer than the bottom, I've decided to mature my cheeses there. As all fridges differ, check various areas of your fridge with a thermometer to find the area that is around 11°C [51° F], the ideal 'cave' temperature.

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