Cottage cheese recipe with step by step pictures. Homemade cottage cheese made without rennet and uses just 3 ingredients is perfect to serve for breakfast or dessert.
Cottage Cheese Recipe
You all must have came across the viral Tik Tok trending recipe that uses cottage cheese. It has got millions of views all over social media. I wanted to try this recipe ever since I came across it.
Some of the other trending recipes which I tried are cookie cereal, pink sauce, dalgona coffee, pancake cereal.
Cottage cheese ice cream is said to be high in protein. The recipe its very simple and calls for just few ingredients. One of the ingredients is cottage cheese which is not readily available in my place. So I decided to make my own homemade cottage cheese.
About Cottage Cheese Recipe
Cottage cheese is made with milk, cream and some kind of acidic ingredients. After doing lots of research online I found out that cottage cheese is made with milk and rennet.
Rennet is a special ingredient and it is not readily available in every home. So I came up this with recipe which uses vinegar instead of rennet.
Homemade cottage cheese takes just three ordinary kitchen ingredients: milk, vinegar, and salt.
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Ingredients
- Milk - Use Full Fat Milk for making cottage. Lactose-free milk and low carb milk have both been through treatments which affect the structure of their proteins. Dont use ultra pasteurized milk.
- Vinegar - Acidic ingredients like vinegar or lemon juice is used to curdle the milk. In some recipes rennet or citric acid is used to make cottage cheese.
- Cream - Cream is sometimes mixed with milk to increase the fat content in the milk. I used cream as an finishing ingredients to add creaminess to the cottage cheese.
- Salt - Salt enhances the taste of the cottage cheese. I strongly recommend you to not skip the addition of salt.
Step by step pictures
1)Pour milk in a sauce pan. Bring it to simmering stage (190 degree F). Keep mixing it regularly so the milk heats evenly. The milk shouldn't boil, it should start to simmer around the edges of the pan.
You will be seeing lots of steam over the top. This is the correct temperature for adding vinegar.
2)Once the milk reaches this stage. Add in vinegar and mix well.
3)Cover the pan with a lid and set aside for 30 mins.
4)Now the milk must have curdled and you might be seeing lots of curds and whey separating.
5)At this point place a strainer over the top of a bowl . Spread cheese cloth on top of the sieve. Pour the curdled milk mix over the cheese cloth. Strain the whey water from the mixture.
6)Pour water over the curd and mix well so the excess sourness from the vinegar washes away in the cottage cheese.
7)Now gather the cheese cloth and strain as much water as possible.
8)cottage cheese done.
9)Transfer the cottage cheese to a bowl. Mix in cream and salt.
10)Mix this really well. Cottage cheese is ready.
11)You can serve cottage cheese with berries and fruits.
Expert Tips
- Use full fat milk for making cottage cheese. It is best to use cows milk with high fat content.
- Lemon juice can be substituted for vinegar.
- Wash the cottage cheese really well with water to remove the excess acidity from it.
- Adding cream makes the cottage cheese creamier.
Serving Suggestions
Cottage cheese can be served in numerous ways. It can be made into savoury dishes or sweet desserts. Here are some ideas for using cottage cheese in your everyday dishes.
- Pasta Sauce - Add cottage cheese when grinding pasta sauce to add instant creaminess and richness. Also added protein!
- Dessert - Cottage cheese can be mixed with fruits, granola, nuts and dried fruits and served as parfait or trifle.
- Pancakes - Cottage cheese can be used in my ricotta pancakes instead of ricotta.
- Oatmeal - Cottage cheese can be mixed with oatmeal for an extra protein added porridge.
- Toppings - Using cottage cheese as topping for bruschetta, Avocado toast.
- Dips - Cottage cheese can be made into dips which uses cream cheese.
FAQ
Powdered milk or milk powder cannot be used in the making of cottage cheese. It won't form curds when allowed to set.
Boiling milk too much, stirring the milk vigorously once curd are formed can break the curd into grainy like texture.
Yes lemon juice or citric acid can be used instead of vinegar.
Cream adds the creaminess to cottage cheese which makes it less crumbly. It adds a silkiness to the cottage cheese and makes it taste similar to store bought.
Even though the process of making paneer and cottage cheese are similar. Paneer is pressed cheese, it is much firmer and can be cut into cubes. Cottage cheese has more crumbly and soft milky taste and texture to it.
Cottage cheese is usually served with some kind of fruits, berries and sweetener like honey or maple syrup. Cottage cheese can be used various ways. It can be made into savoury dishes or sweet desserts. Check my serving recommendations for ideas.
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Homemade Cottage Cheese Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 litre Full Fat Milk
- ¼ cup Cream
- 1 tablespoon Vinegar
- ½ teaspoon Salt
Instructions
- Pour milk in a sauce pan. Bring it to simmering stage (190 degree F). Keep mixing it regularly so the milk heats evenly. The milk shouldn't boil, it should start to simmer around the edges of the pan, and you will be seeing lots of steam over the top. This is the correct temperature for adding vinegar.
- Once the milk reaches this stage. Add in vinegar and mix well. Cover the pan with a lid and set aside for 30 mins.
- Now the milk must have curdled and you might be seeing lots of curds and whey separating.
- At this point place a strainer over the top of a bowl . Spread cheese cloth on top of the sieve. Pour the milk mix over the cheese cloth. Strain the whey water from the mixture. Pour water over the curd and mix well so the excess sourness from the vinegar washes away in the cottage cheese.
- Now gather the cheese cloth and strain as much water as possible.
- Transfer the cottage cheese to a bowl. Add in cream and salt and mix well. Taste and adjust the salt.
- You can refrigerate until use or make cottage cheese ice cream with it.
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Jessica Spencer
Pretty sure this should read 190 F not C....
Aarthi
yes thats correct.