How to make cheese

Making cheese at home is not that difficult. And this article is proof of that. Today we take a look at the very best homemade cheese recipes.

How to make cheese at home

Hard cheese

For cooking you will need:

• one and a half liters of milk;
• half a liter of kefir;
• salt and spices at your discretion.

Cooking instructions.

1. First, boil the milk, then add kefir and salt to it. Optionally, you can throw nuts, spices, etc.
2. Cover the colander with gauze, strain the future cheese. All serum should be drained.
3. Then squeeze the mass again and refrigerate for half a day. Make a press from a can of water and place it on the cheese.
4. After the time has passed, the cheese can be consumed. Bon Appetit!

Exists recipe hard cheese, the preparation of which takes no more than twenty minutes.

Hard cheese in 20 minutes

Required products:

• a kilogram of curd mass;
• liter of milk;
• a couple of eggs;
• one hundred grams of butter;
• a teaspoon of baking soda and salt.

1. Combine cottage cheese with milk. Then put on fire and wait until the whey separates.
2. Strain the future cheese using a colander and cheesecloth.
3. Transfer the curd mass back to the pan, adding the butter.
4. Mix eggs, baking soda and salt. Pour the mixture over the cheese as soon as the butter begins to melt. At this stage, the cheese should be cooked over low heat.
5. Stir the cheese all the time so that it does not stick to the sides of the pot and burn.
6. After twenty minutes, turn off the stove, pour the cheese into any form.
7. When the mass has cooled, send it to the refrigerator. You can eat the dish after hardening.

How to make homemade cheese from milk

Simple milk cheese

Ingredients:

• two liters of milk;
• half a liter of kefir;
• four eggs;
• two tablespoons of salt.

Cooking steps.

1. Boil the milk, then very gently pour in the kefir in a small stream. Also add eggs and salt.
2. Cook the mixture for about seven more minutes, stirring regularly.
3. Then turn off the heat and let the future cheese cool.
4. Strain the cheese to keep it firm.
5. Press the dish for five hours.

The cheese for this recipe tastes different from other foods due to its increased salinity.

Homemade cheese with herbs and garlic

Required products:

• two liters of milk;
• two tablespoons of salt (tablespoons);
• six eggs;
• 400 g sour cream;
• 300 ml yogurt;
• greens, garlic.

The preparation is as follows.

1. Add salt to the milk and then boil the liquid.
2. Combine yogurt, eggs, and sour cream. Whisk the mixture in a blender.
3. Pour the yogurt into the milk in a thin stream.
4. Stir the cheese constantly to prevent it from burning. Within a few minutes, the whey will separate from the cheese. Let the cheese stand for a while.
5. Using a colander and cheesecloth, strain the base.
6. Chop the dill and garlic and add these ingredients to the dish.
7. Next, put the cheese under a press for four hours. When one solid lump forms, transfer the mass to the refrigerator.
8. Bon Appetit!

Homemade cottage cheese

Processed cheese at home

Ingredients:

• half a kilogram of cottage cheese;
• half a liter of milk;
• two eggs;
• 50 g butter;
• half a spoonful of soda;
• a teaspoon of salt.

The preparation is as follows.

1. Mix cottage cheese and milk. Then put the mass on fire, cook for about ten minutes.
2. At the end of cooking, strain the future cheese.
3. Add butter and pre-beaten eggs to the base.
4. Mix well, add more baking soda and salt.
5. Transfer the cheese to a saucepan, but not an enamel one, otherwise it will be difficult to clean. Turn on the gas, cook the dish for seven minutes. Stir the curd constantly.
6. As soon as the base begins to move away from the walls of the vessel, you can turn off the heat.
7. Transfer the cheese to any molds, then refrigerate.
8. The dish is ready!

Philadelphia cheese"

List of products:

• two hundred grams of cottage cheese;
• egg;
• a spoonful of salt and sugar;
• lemon juice.

Cooking instructions.

1. Beat the egg, then add a few tablespoons of lemon juice.
2. Transfer the mixture to a blender along with the curd. Whisk the ingredients together for three minutes.
3. Transfer the cheese mass to a mold and refrigerate.

Everything, the dish is ready! It will take no more than ten minutes to cook.

Spicy curd cheese

Ingredients:

• two hundred grams of cottage cheese;
• one hundred grams of butter;
• dill, parsley, celery;
• two cloves of garlic;
• salt and pepper.

Preparation:

1. Melt the butter a little.
2. Place all ingredients in a blender, whisk well. At this stage, cooking ends.

If you don't have a blender:

1. Rub the curd mass using a grater.
2. Next, chop the herbs and garlic with a knife.
3. Melt the butter. Combine it with curd.
4. Add to cheese and other ingredients. Stir the mixture either with a regular spoon.

Homemade cheese recipes

Yogurt and mint cheese "Labne"

You will need:

• two cups plain plain yogurt
• a spoonful of dried mint;
• salt;
• a couple of tablespoons of olive oil;
• slices of bread.

Just combine yogurt, mint and salt. Mix well.

Home feta

For cooking, you need only two ingredients: two liters of kefir and three teaspoons of salt.

The preparation is as follows.

1. Pour kefir into a saucepan and salt it.
2. Boil the milk liquid on a small heat.
3. Within ten minutes after boiling, the whey will separate. Once this happens, strain the dish using a colander and cheesecloth.
4. Then roll up the cheesecloth and put the cheese under a press overnight.

Cheese in a slow cooker

Ingredients:

• three liters of milk;
• a spoonful of citric acid;
• six tablets of acedeen-pepsin;
• dill.

The cooking method is as follows.

1. First, pour the milk into a multicooker.
2. Add citric acid.
3. Select a cooking mode in which the temperature in the device will not exceed 40 ° C. Cooking time - 10 minutes.
4. Use a crush to powder the tablets. Dissolve it in a glass of water.
5. After ten minutes of cooking, open the lid of the multicooker. Add the ingredient, turn on the device again, only for half an hour.
6. Next, cut the resulting cheese into pieces.
7. Throw the curd in a colander, let the whey drain completely.
8. Chop the dill, add it to the cheese. Mix the mixture well.
9. The last step is to put the cheese under the press for half a day.
10. Bon Appetit!