Fermented milk products are healthy and widely used in cooking.
Cottage cheese is especially popular with housewives. It is used to prepare both the simplest sandwiches for breakfast and complex baked goods.
Expert of the online publication "BelNovosti" Yulia Arkhipova - a cook, fourth-class baker told how to make such cheese with your own hands.
You will need:
- kefir (at least 2.5% fat) 1 liter;
- salt to taste;
- dill or garlic if desired.
How to cook
1. For cooking, it is better to use kefir poured into a bag. Place it directly in the package in the freezer.
2. After about 8-10 hours it will become hard, after which you need to cut the package with a knife and transfer the hardened mass into a colander lined with gauze.
3. Place the structure over a saucepan. The whey that has collected in it can still be used. Leave everything in the refrigerator for 6-8 hours.
4. After that, all that remains is to pour the whey into a suitable container and transfer the finished curd cheese from the gauze.
It should be stored in a closed container in the refrigerator for a maximum of 5 days. Enjoy!
For reference
Cheese is a food product in the form of a solid or semi-solid mass, obtained in the process of cheese making from milk fermented in a special way.
Expert: Julia Arkhipova
