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Curd Cheese made at home with berries on top for breakfast
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Instant Pot Homemade Curd Cheese

Enjoy this Homemade Curd Cheese, Cottage Cheese, or Farmers Cheese made in an Instant Pot with only 1 Ingredient daily for your Keto Breakfast, desserts, or dips. Making this fantastic Low Carb, Gluten-Free, and Keto Ingredient for various recipes, you will be additionally left with a perfect Natural Whey Protein to drink.
Course Breakfast
Cuisine European
Keyword cheese making, cottage cheese, curd cheese, farmers cheese, fermentation, gluten-free, homemade, instant pot, low carb, quark, whey protein
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Additional Time 3 days
Total Time 3 days 35 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 284kcal

Ingredients

  • 1/2 Gallon Organic Whole Milk

Instructions

  • Pour the milk into the glass container.
  • Cover your glass container filled with milk either with a glass top or a plate to make sure no dust or dirt gets in during the three days of the fermentation process.
  • Place the jar either on your kitchen counter or pantry.
  • On the second day, you will see a beautiful fresh cream being developed on top of the milk.
  • On the third day, the fermentation process is supposed to be finished.
  • Pour all of the milk into an instant pot and close the lid.
  • Switch an instant pot on the yogurt feature and add the timing for 30 minutes.
  • Switch the instant pot on and let it gently cook.
  • Once your 30 minutes are finished, open the lid and let the Curd Cheese sit in an instant pot until it cools down fully.
  • Once everything is cooled down gently check with the end of the spatula if the curds are properly formed.

    If you want to achieve even dryer curds, let the Whey drip through the Muslin cloth for a few hours or you can also hang the muslin cloth and squeeze it gently.

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Notes

Cottage Cheese - additional step is added at the end washing the curds you have strained through the muslin cloth
Room temperature - jar should be placed for all 3 days at a location with room temperature. Storing it in the refrigerator will not start the fermentation process.
Fresh Cream - do not forget to collect Fresh Cream, formed on top of the milk on a second day
Do not stir - do not at any stage of cooling down stir the mixture. By mixing the milk, some of the curd cheese will get mixed with the whey and therefore less Curd or Cottage Cheese you will get at the end.
Natural Whey Protein - do not PLEASE throw the Whey. It is one of the greatest side ingredients you can get. Use it plain as a Homemade Natural Whey Protein Drink, add it into your Protein Shakes or make various recipes like Whey Root Vegetable Soup.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 284kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 16g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 57mg | Sodium: 180mg | Potassium: 710mg | Vitamin A: 767IU | Calcium: 582mg