Easy Homemade Cheese
From Sunset Magazine: Fundamentally, cheese is just coagulated milk. Skilled cheese-makers work with cultures and molds, brining, and aging to produce a wealth of cheeses. But if you want to make cheese the easiest possible way, here's how!
Yield: 1 serving
Community Recipe from
Share Your Personal Recipes
You can now share your personal recipes with the MyRecipes Community by making a new or existing recipe "Public".
Go to My Recipe File
Ingredients
- whole milk
- acid (like lemon juice)
Preparation
- 1. Cook: Heat whole milk slowly in a heavy pot, stirring often. (This takes about 30 minutes, so bring a book).
- 2. Add Acid: Just as it boils, take it off the heat and drizzle in an acid (like lemon or lime juice).
- 3. Ta-DA! Fat white curds - the cheese - form immediately, floating in a greenish whey.
- 4. Drain: Pour the curds into a cheesecloth-lined colander, pull the cloth up around the curds, twist, and squeeze out the whey. Add salt.
- 5. Crumble on soup or salad, or press curds (try a plate and cans) until they're solid. Mix the curds with herbs or spices and try perforated molds for interesting shapes.
January 2013
This recipe is a personal recipe added by vermit and has not been tested or endorsed by MyRecipes.
Easy Homemade Cheese Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Dips/Spreads
More Recipes for Main Dishes
-
Best Carrot Cake
Southern Living -
Classic Beef Pot Roast
Cooking Light -
Classic Baked Macaroni and Cheese
Southern Living
advertisement
Find out what we've got cooking...
Get our Free Weekly Specials Newsletter filled with our favorite recipes, seasonal menus, and special features.
We Respect Your Privacy. Privacy Policy