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Soft Homemade Cheese
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Soft Homemade Cheese

A soft homemade cheese from just 4 ingredients — milk, lemon, salt and cream. A simple recipe with an impressive result.

⏱ 35 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Israeli👩‍🍳 Afoona

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Heat the milk in a pot over medium heat to just below a boil (85–90°C / 185–195°F), stirring, without boiling.
    StovePot
  2. 2
    Remove from the heat, add the lemon juice and stir once. Leave untouched for 10 minutes, until the cheese separates from the yellow whey.
    💡Once the lemon goes in, stir only gently: vigorous stirring breaks up the first curds, and the cheese comes out grainy and meager.
  3. 3
    Line a sieve with a double layer of cheesecloth and carefully pour in the mixture.
    ColanderCheesecloth
  4. 4
    Let drain 15–20 minutes.
  5. 5
    Add the salt and cream and stir gently.
  6. 6
    Keep in the fridge for up to 5 days. The whey can be used in cooking and baking.
314calories
17 gprotein
24 gcarbs
16 gfat
● protein 22%● carbs 31%● fat 47%

Per serving (519 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (3) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (less liquid, faster evaporation) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Wok (For quick cooking)
  • Colander · Also works: Lid (a lid held slightly open over the sink, you lose a little) · Slotted spoon (for small amounts)

🧻 Consumables: Cheesecloth

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