How to cook cheese: step-by-step recipe

Sometimes you really want something unusual, tasty and inexpensive. The shelves in the store have already been studied up and down - there is nothing interesting there. There is a great idea to make homemade cottage cheese. It can be spread on bread, or used in sweet baking recipes - the choice is yours. And this article will tell you how to make cottage cheese with your own hands.

How to cook cheese

In fact, this dish is easy to prepare. It will take about half an hour, and the products are available to everyone.

So, to make homemade cheese, you will need:

• low-fat kefir 1 liter;
• milk 1 liter;
• chicken egg 1 pc.;
• juice of 1 lemon;
• salt and spices.

Cooking method:

1. Pour milk into a large saucepan. Add salt.
2. Place on fire and boil.
3. Reduce gas and, stirring, pour in kefir.
4. The liquid immediately breaks down into flakes and whey.
5. Prepare a colander.
6. Cover it with gauze folded several times.
7. Pour the milky liquid into a colander. This is done to allow the whey to drain.
8. This process will take about 15 minutes. To reduce the time, you can squeeze the bag with your hands when it cools down.
9. The more liquid drains, the denser the product will be.
10. While the whey is draining, beat the egg with lemon juice.
11. The egg mass should turn white.
12. Place the finished milk mass back into the pan.
13. Pour in the egg.
14. Add spices and salt. If you don't add extra salt, it will taste like ricotta or mascarpone.
15. Place on the lowest heat and heat for 7-10 minutes. Stirring constantly.
16. If desired, you can add finely chopped herbs and pickled cucumbers. Or coat thin pita bread with this mixture, put pieces of red fish on top, roll it up and put it in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.

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