Cooking melted cheese from cottage cheese at home

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

• Category:

  snack

• Cooking time:

  1 hour

Ingredients

• high fat cottage cheese
• egg
• soda
• butter

Processed cheese from the store is not to every gourmet's taste, so many cook it at home using ordinary cottage cheese. Processed cottage cheese can be either hard or liquid. The advantage of solid is that it is easy to cut, and liquid has a more delicate taste. In both versions, the cheese made from cottage cheese resembles the popular Yantar variety. The proposed recipes with photos will help you master the procedure for making cheese and make it easier.

Produced according to Soviet GOST standards, processed cheese is famous for its unique taste. Over the years, recipes and technologies have undergone some changes, and today's "Yantar" is significantly different from the Soviet model. Nowadays, manufacturers quite often add ingredients to cheese that do not differ in useful properties.

The classic melted cheese recipe

Making processed cheese using cottage cheese is quite simple; it does not require any special culinary skills. The main ingredient is homemade cottage cheese, but besides it, several more components are required. The recipe is very practical, here is its detailed description.

Cooking components:

• 300 g of homemade high-fat cottage cheese;
• 0.5 teaspoon of baking soda;
• 0.5 tsp salt;
• eggs - one;

• 50 g butter.

  

Step-by-step cooking recipe

Having prepared all the necessary components, you can begin the cooking process. To make a delicious curd-based cheese, you need to carefully follow the instructions. So, homemade cottage cheese should be placed in a medium-sized container, such as a bowl or saucepan

After that, you need to drive an egg into the curd and add the required amount of soda, which will provide the mixture with the necessary thickness

• To make the cheese taste fresh, do not forget about adding salt.
• The resulting mass must be mixed well until a homogeneous consistency. Then you should grate butter, previously frozen in the refrigerator, on a coarse grater. If the consistency of the butter is soft, it can be cut into curd with medium-sized scrapers.

Now it's the blender's turn. With its help, you need to beat the resulting mass until it becomes completely homogeneous and puree. The next step is to use a water bath to melt the cheese

• To do this, you will need a small metal pan, in which you should place the mass beaten with a blender. In another container, slightly smaller in volume, you need to pour water, and after it boils, put a saucepan with a cheese blank on top. Don't forget about stirring. It is recommended to do this with a plastic spatula, which is usually used when baking cakes.
• As it heats up, the mass of cottage cheese will begin to rapidly thin out. You need to cook the cheese for an average of 7 minutes, while constantly stirring.
• During the cooking process, the cottage cheese should completely dissolve, when this happens, you can turn off the heat.

• When hot, the cheese has a rather liquid consistency, but as it cools, the mass thickens rather quickly. If this does not happen, then, if desired, you can boil the cheese mass for another 5-6 minutes. When excess moisture is evaporated, the cheese thickens more intensively.
• Cooled processed cheese can be placed in glass jars or plastic trays.

When the processed curd cheese reaches room temperature, you can put it in the refrigerator, where it thickens even more. After 3-4 hours, home-cooked, tender and natural Amber cheese will be ready to eat

Adherents of unusual taste sensations and gourmets can complement the recipe by adding fried champignons to the cheese (after finely chopping them) or bell peppers. You can also experiment with spices and herbs. Recommendations with a photo will help young housewives prepare a delicious dessert.

Homemade processed cheese made from cottage cheese

Another recipe for making melted cheese from cottage cheese will delight gourmets with a taste that practically does not differ from the famous Amber. Home-made cheese not only has a rich creamy taste, but is also an absolutely healthy product, without the addition of dyes and preservatives. Homemade Amber is perfect for making toasts and sandwiches for the whole family, and will be a great addition to any meal. See below recommendations with step-by-step photos.

Ingredients for cooking:

• 250 g of cottage cheese;
• 1 tbsp. l. sour cream;
• 0.5 tsp salt;
• eggs - one;
• some dill.

Step-by-step cooking recipe:

• Rinse and dry a small amount of dill.
• Place cottage cheese in a container, adding salt, soda, egg and sour cream there.

With a blender, bring the curd mass until smooth

• Add chopped dill. Then continue working with a blender to evenly distribute the herbs.
• The pot with the finished mixture should be placed in a water bath and melted for at least a quarter of an hour.
• When the curd is completely dissolved, you can remove the curd mass from the stove.

The prepared cheese must be poured into a jar and placed in the refrigerator for 1, 5-2 hours, allowing it to cool completely and thicken

Knowing how to make processed cheese from cottage cheese, you can make a delicious dessert for breakfast at home. The provided recipes with photos can be slightly modified by adding additional ingredients for taste.