Cream cheese is a very tasty and nutritious fermented milk product, which contains a large amount of fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals and amino acids. All these substances contained in processed cheese are essential for the proper functioning of the gastrointestinal tract. Cooking cream cheese at home is not at all difficult, and its amazing, unique taste will force you to cook it again and again.
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You will need
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- 500 g of cottage cheese
- 0.5 tsp soda
- 0.5 cups of milk
- 2 tbsp. l butter
- 1 tsp salt
- spices to your taste.
Instruction manual
1
Put five hundred grams of fresh rustic cottage cheese in a saucepan, add half a teaspoon of soda and carefully rub with cottage cheese.
2
Pour in a pan with cottage cheese half a glass of milk and mix everything thoroughly, you can even beat with a blender. Place the pot on a small fire.
3
Take a wooden spoon and, stirring constantly, wait for the moment when the curd begins to gradually melt. At this time, you need to add two tablespoons of butter, one teaspoon of salt to the pan (a little more if you want to get salty cheese) and spices to your taste. It can be garlic, dill, pepper or caraway seeds.
4
Stir the mixture constantly with a wooden spoon to get a cream cheese of a uniform consistency.
5
After the cottage cheese is completely dissolved and a homogeneous mass is obtained, remove the pan from the heat and pour it into pre-cooked tins. It is important to pay attention to the fact that the molds should be designed for hot products, otherwise they may melt.
6
From above, cover the molds with plastic wrap or lids so that the top layer of processed cheese does not dry out and a crust forms.
7
After the cheese has cooled down, you can put it in the refrigerator and after a couple of hours you can enjoy wonderful sandwiches with homemade cream cheese made by yourself.
Useful advice
Cream cheese should be stored in the refrigerator at a temperature of 6-10 degrees. If the cottage cheese is sufficiently salty, you can add a little less salt than indicated in the recipe. For the preparation of processed cheese, it is better to use homemade cottage cheese from village milk.
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