Answer: Cheese is made by treating milk with bacteria and rennet to curdle it. The curd is then cooked, salted, cut, pressed, brined, pulled, washed, stacked, or skewered with needles to create more than 1,800 different kinds of cheeses1. The basic steps of how to make cheese are23:
Start with fresh, warm milk
Acidify the milk
Add a coagulant
Test for gel firmness
Cut the curd
Stir, cook & wash the curd
Drain the curds
Salt and age the cheese