Can I reuse my brine solution?

Once you have made up a brine solution, it can be used again and again. Store your brine solution in the fridge. Over time whey from the cheese enters the brine and the salt in the brine is reduced as the salt is absorbed into the cheese.

Each time you reuse the brine, you will need to add a little more salt to replace the salt previously absorbed into the cheese. About a tablespoon should do. I sprinkle this on top of the cheese I have added into a fully saturated brine. This is because a cheese will float in a fully saturated brine and the salt on top will do two things, 1. Salt that top of the cheese, and 2. add salt back into the brine.

Eventually the brine will become cloudy with the whey expelled from the cheeses. This is when you should replace it.

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