Making a cream cheese spread at home is not complicated at all and it will allow us to do without the typical supermarket cream cheese or save us from more than one hurry when we want to make a domestic breakfast or snack to replace the typical cheese bar, Philadelphia and any white label version.
The recipe has no science and, as you will see, you can tune it to taste. We are going to do the easy version of homemade cream cheesebut you can add the ingredients you want, such as fine herbs, some dry dressing such as tomato or aromas such as truffles.
The only thing I know you need three ingredients: whole milk (the best possible), strained lemon juice without impurities and salt to taste. The procedure is as simple as ‘cutting’ the milk with the lemon juice, which will allow us to generate a kind of ricotta or cottage cheese, similar to mascarpone cheese
Once done, if Store in an airtight container and in the fridge. the spreadable cream cheese endures without problems because it is still a cheese, although with time it gains intensity of flavor and it may not be what we are looking for in them, especially if they are for a carrot cake, for a cheesecake or for a bagel.
Heat the milk in a saucepan until it almost starts to boil. Add the lemon juice, stir with a whisk and leave to stand for half an hour. time passed, the milk will have been cut and a quantity of “cottage cheese” will float.
Strain with a clean clothor cheese cloth better, soaked in cold water and well drained, put it on a strainer and on a bowl, to collect the whey that will pass.
Allow to drain for 20 minutes, and another 20 minutes, squeezing the cloth slightly with turns every five minutes. Remove the cheese to a bowl and, if it is very dry and we want a more creamy texture, part of the whey that we have collected can be used.
Put salt to taste and use.
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Sandwiches, toasts, sandwiches, hamburgers, other spreadable recipes, all kinds of sauces, pasta, rice dishes, lasagna, cannelloni, cheesecakes, cakes, biscuits and desserts, many desserts, are part of the route that you can make at home without complications with cream cheese spread.
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