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Homemade Cottage Cheese Recipe

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.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 1 cup
Calories 824 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 litre Full Fat Milk
  • ¼ cup Cream
  • 1 to 2 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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Notes

  • 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.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cupCalories: 824kcalCarbohydrates: 50gProtein: 36gFat: 54gSaturated Fat: 33gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 13gCholesterol: 191mgSodium: 1571mgPotassium: 1604mgSugar: 51gVitamin A: 2545IUVitamin C: 0.4mgCalcium: 1309mgIron: 0.1mg
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