How To Make Farmers Cheese Recipe

How To Make Farmers Cheese Recipe

Learn How To Make Farmers Cheese Recipe using only one ingredient. Use this quick and easy whey-enriched homemade cheese in savory and sweet recipes instead of ricotta or cream cheese.

Course Recipes

Cuisine International

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 30

Additional Time 3

Total Time 3 35

Servings

Calories 284kcal

Author Zuzana Paar

Equipment

Ingredients

1/2 Gallon Organic Whole Milk

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Pour all of the milk into a wide Mouth glass jar and cover it.
Store it on your kitchen cabinet or in a room temperature dry place for the next 3 days and let the milk ferment.
On a second day a fresh Cream forms on top of the milk. You can collect this and use it as a spread for your breakfast.
Third day, you will see the top of the Fresh Cream beeing a bit dry and see some cracks. That is the time to make the Farmers Cheese.
Place all of the milk into a big cooking pot and switch on the heater for low. Do not mix during or after. More you mix, less curds will form and therefore less Farmers cheese you will have at the end.
Cover it with a lid and let it cook on the lowest temperature possible for about half to 1 hour depending on how much milk you are using.
Once you see the Whey being separated from the curds, it is the time to switch the heat off and let it fully cool. Do not stir.
Once the milk is cooled, check with the end of the spatula if the curds are properly formed, by gently moving the curds away from whey. When you feel comfortable that enough curds have been formed and all of the Whey is fully separated, it is the time to move into the next step.
Very gently strain all through a strainer covered with a muslin cloth. Pour slowly and let the whey work through the strainer into the container. Let it sit and rest of the whey will slowly drip through.

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Notes

DO NOT THROW THE WHEY: Whey is very nutritious, and you can use it in many ways. Use it instead of water for various soups; add it to our farmer's bread instead of water. Drink a small shot every morning on an empty stomach. I have decided to make a separate post on homemade natural whey and its uses and on whey root vegetable soup.
Pick organic, full-fat, whole milk. More fat the milk has, the more goods you will get from it at the end of the process.
For extra dry, crumbly cheese, hang the cheesecloth and let the whey drip overnight.

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