Homemade processed cheese. Processed cheese from cottage cheese at home - basic technological principles. Proper use of homemade product

29.08.2018

Homemade processed cheese from cottage cheese - delicious and useful product, making breakfast satisfying. With the help of additives you can add a variety of flavors to it. Cottage cheese is the basis of processed cheese prepared at home. It contains a large amount of calcium and has a beneficial effect on the condition of bones, hair and teeth. When cooking at home, you can be sure of the quality of the ingredients. This product can be used to feed preschoolers and people with weak digestive systems. This article contains 5 recipes for rich and sweet cheeses that are very easy to prepare yourself: classic creamy, with mushrooms, in a slow cooker, and also sweet recipe with chocolate.

Processed cheese you can prepare cottage cheese from grains at home, based on classic recipe. It does not include additional components. The taste of this cheese is milky and creamy.

Required ingredients:

• 2 packs of cottage cheese (percentage of fat content - to taste),
• 1 egg,
• 1/2 stick of butter,
• salt,
• 1/2 tsp. soda

Preparation:

1. Take water into a small saucepan, filling 2/3 of the container, place it on the stove, and bring to a boil.
2. All ingredients are combined in a microwave oven container.
3. Bring until smooth using a blender.
   
4. Place the dishes with the mixture in a water bath of a boiling pan, reduce the heat to low.
   
5. As the container heats up, the mass becomes viscous and the cottage cheese begins to melt.
   
6. It is stirred continuously for 7-8 minutes.
   
7. The contents are placed in jars, cooled, covered with cling film and put in the refrigerator.
   
8. The cold product is ready to eat.
   

If desired, you can add any seasonings, but before removing the hot workpiece from the stove.

Recipe with mushrooms

Mushrooms are a source of protein, a large amount of vitamins and microelements. The ingredient will add usefulness and satiety to the dish. Mushroom lovers will love this version of homemade cheese.

To make it, you need the following products:

• 1 pack of cottage cheese,
• 1 egg,
• 1 tbsp. low-fat sour cream,
• 1/2 tsp. soda,
• salt,
• 150 g champignons,
• green.

Cooking stages:

The finished product has a soft and rich mushroom taste.

Homemade cheese "Yantar"

Amber cheese is famous for its delicate, creamy taste.

You can cook it yourself using simple ingredients:

• 2 packs of cottage cheese,
• 1/2 cup milk,
• 2 tbsp. l. softened butter,
• 1/2 tsp. soda,
• salt,
• seasonings (according to taste preferences, you can do without them).

Preparation:

The dish is reminiscent of Soviet-era Yantar cheese.

Sweet recipe with cocoa and fruit

Processed cheese from cottage cheese can be prepared at home in a variation “for those with a sweet tooth.” This cheese will give you a boost of energy at the start of the day.

To make it you need:

• 1.5 packs of cottage cheese,
• 1 egg,
• 2 tbsp. l. softened butter,
• 1/2 tsp. soda,
• 1 tsp cocoa powder,
• 1 tsp powdered sugar,
• fruits, berries or dried fruits (to taste).

Cooking steps:

Children will love this breakfast option.

Approximate calorie content of foods

The calorie content of finished processed cheese ranges from 130 to 140 kcal per 100 grams of product. This figure is obtained when using cottage cheese with a fat content of 9%. If desired, it can be reduced by using a low-fat product. Such a replacement will not affect the quality of the cheese, but the nutritional value of the dish will be significantly lower. Additives in the form of mushrooms, ham or fruit increase the energy value.

IN ready dish per hundred grams there are:

• 9.5 g protein
• 9.8 g fat
• 3.11 g carbohydrates

When consumed in moderation, cheese will help keep your figure in shape.

What else can you make cheese with?

Can it be cooked in a slow cooker?

The cheese product can also be prepared in a slow cooker.

For this you need the following components:

• 2 packs of cottage cheese,
• 1/2 stick of butter,
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 tsp. soda,
• salt, spices (if necessary).

Preparation:

This cooking method is quick and easy.

How to store the finished product

Homemade cheese is stored in the refrigerator at standard temperature. It is strictly not recommended to freeze the product. Otherwise, it will become unusable. Recommended storage period is 3 days. The cheese should be kept cool under a closed lid (to avoid airing). Baking tins, baby food jars, and flat microwave containers are suitable for such purposes.

The process of making homemade cheese is not complicated, but it requires strict adherence to technology. According to some recipes, it can be eaten immediately after cooling, according to others, it can be kept under pressure for 1-2 days. The most important thing is that from a minimum amount of ingredients you will get a natural product that does not contain harmful additives.

Homemade hard cottage cheese

• Time: 12.5 hours
• Number of servings: 10 persons.

To cook homemade cheese from cottage cheese, choose the main component not store-bought, but natural. If you know how, do it yourself. It is desirable that the remaining ingredients are also homemade.

Ingredients:

• cottage cheese – 1 kg;
• egg – 2 pcs.;
• butter (butter) – 0.13 kg;
• salt, soda - 1 tsp each.

Cooking method:

1. Place a frying pan on the stove and melt the butter.
2. Add cottage cheese and mash with a fork.
3. Separately, beat the eggs with the dry ingredients until smooth.
4. Pour into the pan and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes, stirring continuously.
5. Now you can add additional ingredients that add flavor and aroma to the dish - spices, seasonings, garlic, smoked meats, chopped boiled meat, herbs, etc.
6. When curd mass will begin to form into a clump - it’s time to put it into containers. It is recommended to take small jars (200–250 ml each) that will be completely filled. There will be no voids or excess air in them, creating ideal conditions for storage.
7. Keep it in the refrigerator for at least 12 hours, and then start tasting.

Processed milk product

• Time: 40 min.
• Number of servings: 5 persons.
• Difficulty: Easy for beginners.

Thanks to its creamy consistency, homemade processed cheese is great for spreading on bread and crisps. Make it tastier by adding aromatic dried herbs and fresh herbs.

Ingredients:

• cottage cheese – 500 g;
• butter (butter) – 0.1 kg;
• egg – 1 pc.;
• soda – 1 tsp;
• salt - to taste.

Cooking method:

1. Take a large saucepan, fill ½ part with water, and boil.
2. Pour the cottage cheese into a metal bowl that can be placed in a saucepan. Cut the slightly softened butter into small pieces, add it, the egg and the bulk ingredients.
3. Mix everything with a blender until smooth.
4. Place the bowl in a water bath. At the same time, observe one important condition: it should not touch the water - it should only be heated by hot steam.
5. Cook the mixture, stirring constantly, until thickened. When it reaches the desired consistency, add the desired fillers and mix.
6. Prepare suitable containers, pour homemade cheese into it, and cool at room temperature. Close the lid and put it on the refrigerator shelf.

Using milk

• Time: 40 minutes.
• Number of servings: 15 persons.
• Difficulty: Easy for beginners.

You can make cottage cheese at home with milk. Thanks to this component, the product has a delicate creamy taste and aroma.

Ingredients:

• cottage cheese (low-fat, dry) – 1 kg;
• milk – 1 l;
• egg – 3 pcs.;
• butter (butter) – 0.1 kg;
• soda (baking) – 1 tsp;
• salt – 1.5 tsp.

Cooking method:

1. Pour milk into a thick-walled pan, add cottage cheese, stir.
2. Place on the fire, boil and simmer over low heat, stirring constantly, for 10 minutes. During this time, the curd mass should melt and begin to stretch a little.
3. Pour into a colander lined with gauze folded in several layers. Let the whey drip off. You can squeeze it out by hand.
4. Transfer the curd-milk mixture to another container (not enameled), add the remaining ingredients, mix.
5. Place over low heat and cook the cheese at home until it becomes sticky (about 5-7 minutes). During this time, the mixture will begin to lag behind the walls.
6. Pack into prepared storage containers, cover with cling film (this is an important condition so that the product does not dry out or dry out), and place on the refrigerator shelf.

• Time: 5 hours 15 minutes.
• Difficulty: Easy for beginners.

This homemade cottage cheese recipe contains the same ingredients required to create a solid product. The consistency is softer, grainier and moister due to the different cooking method.

Ingredients:

• milk – ½ l;
• cottage cheese (fat) – ½ kg;
• butter (butter) – 50 g;
• salt – 5 g.

Cooking method:

1. Combine the first two components, put on fire, cook until the whey separates.
2. Drain the liquid, discard the mixture in a colander prepared in advance, and allow the excess liquid to drain.
3. Pour into a bowl, add the remaining ingredients, stir.
4. Place in gauze, tie, squeeze. Hang for 4-5 hours. You don’t have to hang it, but place a gauze bag in a colander, put a plate on top, and a load on it (a jar filled with water).
5. Then pack the homemade cheese into prepared storage containers.

Homemade cream cheese

• Time: 50 minutes.
• Number of servings: 25-26 persons.
• Difficulty: Easy for beginners.

Thanks to the addition more butter, this homemade cheese acquires an amazing taste and aroma. Choose only a natural, high-quality product, never a spread.

Ingredients:

• cottage cheese – 2 kg;
• milk – 2 l;
• egg – 6 pcs.;
• butter (butter) – 0.2 kg;
• salt – 3 tsp;
• soda – 2 tsp.

Cooking method:

1. Mix the first two ingredients, boil and cook for 12 minutes.
2. Pour into a colander lined with gauze and let the whey drain.
3. Transfer to another pan, add the remaining ingredients, mix thoroughly.
4. Boil over medium heat. It is necessary that the mixture begins to stretch, melt and lag behind the walls of the dish. If all conditions are met, this will happen in 10 minutes.
5. Place the cheese in prepared containers, cool, and store on the refrigerator shelf.

Rennet Recipe

• Time: 40 hours.
• Number of servings: 15-16 persons.
• Difficulty: difficult.

To add a delicate taste and the desired consistency to curd cheeses homemade Rennet enzymes, such as pepsin, are often added. They can be purchased at a pharmacy or online.

Ingredients:

• milk (fat) – 2.5 l;
• kefir (2.5%) – 35 g;
• water – 1.5 l;
• rennet – 0.5 g;
• salt – 0.2 kg.

Cooking method:

1. Heat the milk to 40 °C. Separately, dilute the rennet with water (50 ml), pour it and kefir into the milk.
2. Remove the saucepan from the heat, stir the mixture thoroughly, and leave for 40 minutes. It is very important to cover the saucepan with a lid - the mass will take the desired consistency while maintaining the temperature.
3. During this time, the mass will turn into jelly. It must be cut into pieces of approximately 2 cm, placed in a prepared colander lined with gauze and left to separate the whey for another half hour.
4. Then cover with gauze and leave to drain for a day, periodically turning over to the other side.
5. Then make a brine solution, place the cheese there, molded into a lump, and leave for 12 hours, turning over every 1.5 hours.
6. Next, remove the product, dry with paper towels, place on a flat surface, cover with gauze and let rest for 2-3 hours.
7. Wrap in baking paper and place on the refrigerator shelf.

Homemade Adyghe cheese made from cottage cheese

• Time: 3 days.
• Number of servings: 12-14 persons.
• Difficulty: Easy for beginners.

This product has a delicate sour milk taste and a very dense structure. You can use any milk - sheep, goat or cow.

Ingredients:

• milk – 3 l;
• kefir – 1 l;
• salt – 20 g.

Cooking method:

1. Heat the kefir. When the curd separates from the whey, drain it and leave it to sour at room temperature for 2 days.
2. Heat the milk, pour in the sour whey, and simmer over low heat for about 7 minutes. During this time, the milk protein will separate and float to the surface.
3. It needs to be collected, salted, mixed, placed in gauze and allowed to drain excess liquid.
4. Then transfer everything into a container under a press and put it on the refrigerator shelf for a day. The resulting liquid should be drained regularly.

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Homemade processed cheese from cottage cheese is very easy to prepare, and the main thing is that it is prepared from high-quality and real cottage cheese, which indicates the naturalness of the product. Let's start our acquaintance with homemade cheese making with delicious and beautiful processed cheese.
Recipe contents:

Not many people know that processed cheese in the full sense of the word is not cheese at all. This is a by-product of production, but, nevertheless, it is very popular and competes well with “real” cheeses. He is in demand and loved by many.

Processed cheese made from cottage cheese with a creamy consistency - special variety sandwich spreads. It is often included in soups with mushrooms and bacon. There is a huge assortment of similar cheeses on store shelves. But it’s easy to cook it at home yourself? This is a very exciting and interesting process. The advantage of a homemade product over an industrial one is that you can change its taste, rather than being content with a store-bought one. For example, by doing cream cheese dried herbs, fried bacon, spices, ham, sun-dried tomatoes, mushrooms, olives, etc. are added to the mass... However, whatever your heart desires.

To prepare processed cheese you will need high-quality fat cottage cheese, milk, butter, soda and salt. Well, the rest of the additives are up to taste. Process simple, and the result is magnificent. You can use cheese as a base for pates, salads, sauces, rolls, baked goods and desserts. It can be made chocolate or fruit. However, the main thing is to master the classical technique of preparing it, and then you can endlessly experiment with it.

• Calorie content per 100 g - 141 kcal.
• Number of servings - 200-300 g
• Cooking time - 30 minutes

Ingredients:

• Cottage cheese - 300 g
• Milk - 150 ml
• Butter - 20 g
• Salt - 1/3 tsp.
• Soda - 1 tsp. without top

Step-by-step preparation of processed cheese from cottage cheese:

1. Place the cottage cheese in a container and blend with a blender until smooth. I recommend doing this right away in a cooking pan, because... Then the mass will boil down. And this way you won’t have to rearrange it and dirty a lot of dishes.

2. Pour milk into the cottage cheese and beat again with a blender until the mass becomes homogeneous.

3. Salt and add baking soda. Place the pan on the fire and cook stirring over low flame. The products will begin to melt, become homogeneous and acquire a liquid consistency. But then the mixture will begin to thicken, and after cooling it will become even denser. The thickness of the product is regulated by the amount of soda; the more of it, the thicker the product.

4. The entire cooking process will take you no more than 15 minutes. Then add the butter to the hot mixture and mix well until it is completely dissolved. If you use farm cottage cheese, which is too fatty, then you may not need oil. Accordingly, on the contrary, dry cottage cheese may require more oil.

Real processed cheese at home! It cooks very quickly. A minimum of products and time - and now you have cream cheese on your table, no worse than store-bought, and even better. It melts in a water bath, and the soda included in the ingredients helps it acquire that same plasticity without affecting the taste. It can be made with different flavorings. This time I have it with mushrooms. I made double the amount of cheese (it’s very tasty), you can halve it

Products:

Cottage cheese 1 kg
Butter 200 g
Chicken egg 2 pcs.
Baking soda 1 tsp.
Salt 1 tsp.

Place cottage cheese, butter, eggs, soda and salt in one bowl.

Blend the mixture well with a blender until creamy.

Pour water into a pan with a larger diameter than the one with cottage cheese. Place a bowl with the curd mixture on top. Place this structure on fire. This is a water bath. When the water boils, cook the cheese for 15 minutes. Stir occasionally.

The mass will melt and become slightly viscous. If it is liquid like milk, then add a pinch of soda and continue cooking. If it’s liquid again, add more soda. Just be careful! Don't spoil the taste of the cheese.

Wash the mushrooms and cut into cubes.

Pour some into the pan vegetable oil and fry mushrooms on it. Add some salt. Strain off the oil from the prepared mushrooms.

Add mushrooms to cheese and stir. As it cools, the cheese will thicken.

Homemade processed cheese 2

You can make a lot of homemade processed cheese; it can be stored in the refrigerator for a long time, so you will enjoy sandwiches with natural delicious processed cheese for more than 1 day.

Ingredients:

400 g cottage cheese
50 g butter
1 egg
1 teaspoon soda
salt to taste
spices to taste

Preparation:

1. Cottage cheese, preferably homemade, is rubbed through a sieve with a spoon. In theory, you can do it through a meat grinder, but it seemed to me that it would be more tender this way. Yes, that’s what the old recipe said.
2. Then add egg, butter, soda, and salt to the cottage cheese.

3. Place the cauldron with this mixture on low heat and begin to mix it all with a spoon until smooth. We add spices along the way - I sprinkled dried basil. If you want to give the processed cheese a yellowish color, add turmeric.
4. Stir continuously until the mass completely melts and the first bubbles appear. If you keep it on the fire, water may begin to separate and the processed cheese will turn out to have a consistency similar to feta cheese.

5. Pour the mixture into a bowl and let it cool. Processed cheese is ready. I note that the quality of the cottage cheese is very important. If the cream cheese is too runny, try adding cream next time.

Add greenberries and eat to your health!

Homemade processed cheese without eggs

Processed cheese for spreading on a sandwich, for cheese soup, for casseroles. The recipe is the basis, since there are quite a lot of variations, and having mastered the basic method, you yourself will be able to invent “cheeses” for your family. Sweet, spicy, whatever you want. In my case, this is not over-salted cheese.

Preparation curd cheese takes some time, but you don’t necessarily need to be near it all the time. I approached the cottage cheese six times, three of which were pure curiosity.

Ingredients:

low-fat cottage cheese - 200 gr.
baking soda - half a teaspoon
milk - 2 tbsp. spoons
seasonings as desired

If the cottage cheese is a little dry, you can moisten it with milk and slightly grind and beat with a fork (I did this right in the bowl in which I then heated the whole mass in a water bath). Pour in soda, mix thoroughly again and leave for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, you will see that the texture of the curd mass is already beginning to “melt”.

We move the container with cottage cheese into a water bath, mix again and go about our business. Over low heat, the cottage cheese will simmer, thicken, and bubble; you can stir it a couple more times with a fork. Wait until the grains dissolve, the mass becomes homogeneous, add spices, sweets, and herbs to the cottage cheese as desired. Keep in the bathhouse for a few more minutes so that the spices disperse, transfer the mixture to a jar, and cool.

I came across information that not all cottage cheese melts; I took natural fermented milk cottage cheese with zero fat content, and not a “curd product” with herbal additives.

In order not to purchase a cheese product with a questionable composition in the store, you can make processed cheese from cottage cheese at home. Its taste will be much higher, and even inexperienced housewives can do a simple recipe.

To effortlessly make processed cheese from cottage cheese in your kitchen, you need:

• 500 g fat cottage cheese;
• 5 g soda;
• 1 tsp. salt;
• 1 large chicken egg or 2 small ones.

Step by step recipe:

1. You need to place one pan with a small amount of water on the stove, and place a smaller container in it to create a water bath. The upper dishes should not come into contact with hot water.
2. Mix all components and grind with a blender to obtain a homogeneous mass.
3. Place the resulting mixture in a previously prepared container and cook, stirring constantly, until the cottage cheese is completely dissolved. This usually takes no more than 10 minutes.

Pour the resulting processed cheese into containers and cool until room temperature. During this time, a crust forms on its surface. To get rid of it, the product must be mixed. The cooled cheese can be placed in the refrigerator.

Cooking in a slow cooker

Delicious processed cheese can also be made in a slow cooker.

To do this, you should prepare the following ingredients;

• 500 g cottage cheese 9% fat;
• 100 g quality butter;
• 2 large chicken eggs or 100 g;
• 5 g soda;
• ½ tsp. salt;
• ½ tsp. dried herbs to your taste.

This amount of ingredients is enough for 12 servings.

Instructions:

1. Grind the cottage cheese with a blender to obtain a delicate consistency.
2. Place all ingredients into the multicooker bowl and mix well.
3. You need to turn on the electrical appliance in the “Multi-cook” mode. Cooking time – 7 minutes. Temperature - 100 degrees.
4. During the cooking process, it is important to stir the curd mass constantly.

Pour the finished cheese into containers and cool.

Recipe with milk

Milk enhances the taste of cheese prepared in a home kitchen.

To make processed cheese from cottage cheese with the most delicate taste, you need:

• 1 liter of fresh milk (2.5%);
• 2 large chicken eggs;
• 100 g butter;
• 10 g table salt;
• 1 kg of cottage cheese;
• 15 g soda.

Step by step instructions:

1. Grind the curd in a blender to obtain a smooth paste.
2. The curd mass and milk must be mixed and placed on low heat. Cook the resulting mixture until the whey separates. In this case, the sediment should have a soft and sticky consistency.
3. Strain the cheese mixture to remove excess liquid. It is convenient to use a fine-mesh sieve, or you can hang the resulting mass in gauze over the sink.
4. Mix the curd mass with the remaining ingredients and melt in a water bath until a homogeneous consistency is obtained.
5. Pour the finished cheese into containers, cool and put in the refrigerator.

The complexity of the described recipe is that if, during the process of boiling the cottage cheese in milk, you remove the mass from the heat too early, the cheese will not turn out, and if it is too late, then its consistency will be similar to rubber.

Processed cheese from cottage cheese in the microwave

Processed cheese can also be prepared in the microwave.

To do this you need to have:

• 300 g low-fat cottage cheese;
• ½ tsp. soda;
• 2 tbsp. l. milk with a minimum percentage of fat content;
• large chicken egg;
• a pinch of salt;
• fresh or dried herbs to taste.

From the described amount of components you will get 350 g of product.

Step by step recipe:

1. Cottage cheese should be mixed with soda and left to infuse for 30 minutes.
2. You need to add milk and eggs to the curd mass. Beat the resulting mass with a blender to obtain a homogeneous mass.
3. The mixture must be placed in the microwave for 1.5 minutes. Power – 700 watts.
4. Every 30 seconds, remove the container with cottage cheese and stir.
5. Salt the resulting curd mass and microwave for another 2 minutes.

Cool the finished cheese. During the cooling process, in order to prevent the formation of a dense crust, the finished product must be stirred periodically.

From goat's curd

Homemade processed cheese from goat's curd has a pleasant and delicate taste.

To prepare it, you need:

• 470 g goat curd;
• 2 large chicken eggs;
• 5 g table salt;
• 5 g soda;
• a pinch of granulated sugar.

Preparation:

1. Place all ingredients in a metal container and place in a water bath.
2. Stirring constantly, cook the mixture until a homogeneous consistency is obtained and the milky smell is eliminated.
3. If the smell of milk has disappeared and the cottage cheese has not completely melted, you can speed up the process by whipping it with a blender.
4. If the curd mass does not melt well and the milky smell persists, you should add a little more soda and continue melting the curd.

On average, preparing cheese according to the described recipe takes 15-20 minutes. But there may be deviations that depend on the quality of the cottage cheese. The denser it is, the more time it takes to melt it.

Various fillings can be added to processed cheese made according to any recipe to provide a variety of flavors. It goes best with greens, ham and mushrooms.