How to Make Homemade Cheese
This homemade cheese requires only three ingredients to make - fresh cow's milk, lemon juice and a little bit of salt!
Equipment
- Pot
- Measuring Cup
- Sieve
- Cheesecloth or Muslin
- Wooden Spoon
- bowls
Ingredients
To make 750 G of cheese you will need:
- 5 liter 3.5% pasteurized fresh cow’s milk
- 5 lemons
- ½ tspn Kosher coarse salt
Instructions
- Make lemon juice. You can use a manual juice squeezer as we did, or an electric juice maker for this purpose.
- Pour milk into a large pot, and bring it to a boil over medium heat, stirring slowly.
- Reduce the heat to low, let the milk boil for 2 minutes, then stir in lemon juice.
- Leave the milk to rest without stirring for about 5 minutes until it curdles.
- Meanwhile, place a sieve over a bowl or another pot and cover it with cheesecloth.
- Transfer the curds into the cheesecloth.
- Leave the curds to drain.
- Dissolve salt in a cup of lukewarm boiled water, pour it over the curds, and leave them to drain for 30 minutes.
- The cheese will still be a bit wet. Squeeze cheesecloth to remove the remaining whey.
- Wrap up the cheese with the cheesecloth and place it in a medium-sized bowl. Place a small plate and a jar or bottle with water on top to press the cheese.
- Refrigerate for 8-10 hours.
- Serve cold or in recipes as needed.
