A TIME-HONOURED tradition
Louise has taken the scenic route on her journey to becoming one of an extremely select few, Italian-style fresh cheesemakers in South Africa. Having first tasted the products she now makes from scratch while dining at True Italic Osteria del Capo restaurant in Cape Town, Louise fell in love with the delicious spheres of silky soft creaminess, as well as their romantic Italian names like fior di latte and burrata.
Housed at the Riversands Industrial Park in Fourways, Johannesburg, Curds and Whey Artisanal Foods produce fior di latte (which directly translates to flower of milk) – a semi-soft mozzarella – and burrata cheeses. All it takes is cow’s milk, salt, rennet, water and a lot of hard work. Rising at 3am and spending long hours on her feet, stretching cheese in hot water with aching hands, is a far
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