How is cheese properly stored

If kept this way, feta usually keeps for about a month. Blue cheese crumbles often come in airtight plastic tubs, which is where you want to keep them. But I wanted to share that blue cheese is one of the few cheeses that I find to freeze well.

Goat cheese often comes in these peel-apart plastic wrappers, and once opened, should be used within two weeks. But leftovers freeze well. Fresh pulled mozzarella has the shortest shelf life of all. I find it really only keeps for a few days. Fresh mozzarella is best kept in the plastic wrap it comes in.

I found that the interior plastic of this package was even a little bit salty, so it had a little bit of its own liquid on the outside of the ball. Make sure not to store mozzarella in water, as this will pull salt and flavor out of the cheese.

Cheddar and Jack cheeses store best when wrapped in wax or cheese paper, then in plastic wrap. But storing cheese in plastic wrap is the worst thing you can do if you want to keep your cheese fresh. Both of these issues affect the flavor of cheese and also suffocate it, causing it to lose shelf life. So if you shouldn't use plastic to store cheese, what should you use to extend its shelf life?

The short answer: no. In fact, cheese experts go so far as to say that not only should you avoid storing cheese in its original packaging, but you should also rewrap cheese immediately when you get home. The answer gets a bit more complicated depending on the cheese and the original packaging it comes in.

Keeping the cheese in these packages is fine until you open them. Then, it's recommended that you store any remaining uneaten cheese in a fresh piece of cheese paper," says Wells. First thing's first: before you store your cheese, make sure your hands are clean.

If handled properly with clean hands and clean utensils, you can really mitigate mold growth by reducing the introduction of bacteria," says Amanda Freund, Cabot Creamery Cooperative Farmer. Then, a little background on the science of storing cheese: "Keeping cheese fresh in the refrigerator is tricky," says McManus. To find a method and product that strikes the delicate balance, America's Test Kitchen tested methods of storing cheese. Soft, semi-soft, and stinky cheeses goat, Camembert, Brie, Limburger : Place in a resealable plastic container.

Fresh cheeses in water mozzarella or Feta : Leave the cheese in the original packaging, changing the water every couple of days. By Renee Schettler Updated June 03, Save FB Tweet More. The best way to wrap leftovers really depends on the particular type; see the list of kinds of cheeses below to see how to store your cheese.