When store-bought milk goes sour, housewives try to put it to use – bake pancakes or make cottage cheese.
But given the processing of milk and other production processes, there are some doubts that the cottage cheese can turn out tasty. But this can be fixed.
To prepare you will need:
1 liter of milk (3.5% fat);
1 tbsp sour cream (10-15%).
How to cook
One nuance! They say that milk must be pasteurized and have a short shelf life. If it has gone sour in a couple of days, then you can be sure of the quality of the product.
1. Pour the milk into a suitable container and add sour cream.
2. Mix thoroughly until smooth and leave at room temperature for 1-2 days.
3. When the milk curd appears, you need to put the container in an oven preheated to 100 degrees Celsius and simmer it for 1.5 hours.
4. After this, turn off and leave the preparation in the oven for 2.5 hours.
5. Strain the whey through 3-4 layers of gauze, and leave the cottage cheese in a suspended state.
The cottage cheese will be ready as soon as the whey stops separating – in about 4-5 hours.
The main thing to remember when making homemade cottage cheese is that in addition to the quality of the milk, the air temperature in the house is important. It should not fall below 28-25 degrees. At a temperature of 18-20 degrees, the milk will have to be left to sour for one day longer.
