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Homemade Cottage Cheese

Cottage cheese is a quick and easy side dish, perfect to accompany tuna salads, vegetable dishes, or pasta salads. Let's make it together!
Recipe Homemade Cottage Cheese
  • Difficulty Easy
  • Preparation 10 minutes
  • Cooking 30 minutes
  • Servings for Serves 4

Cottage Cheese is a quick and easy side dish to prepare. Perfect to accompany rice salads, tuna salads, vegetable dishes, and ideal as a side dish for your favorite meals. We’ll show you how to make these small and delicious cheese curds at home!

Today’s recipe is prepared in a light version, making it perfect if you’re following a diet plan. It uses skimmed milk, resulting in a fresh cheese that is delicate, vegetarian, and has a slightly tangy flavor. It’s also perfect to spread on canapés for an aperitif with your friends!

Buttermilk, Banana Milk, and Homemade Coconut Milk are other milk-based recipes we recommend trying. But now, let us guide you through the preparation of this delicious Cottage Cheese!

Ingredients for Serves 4

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Method

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  1. To prepare Cottage Cheese (Fiocchi di Latte), pour the milk into a saucepan, add salt and cook over medium heat for about fifteen minutes, stirring occasionally. After this time, turn off the heat, add the vinegar, whisk for thirty seconds with a pastry whisk, cover with a lid and let it rest for half an hour.
  2. After the resting time, bring the mixture to a boil over high heat, which will take about ten minutes, stirring frequently. Turn off the heat, cover and let it rest again for another thirty minutes. Using a ladle, collect the cottage cheese curds and transfer them to a bowl lined with a fine-mesh cheesecloth.
  3. Let it drain, squeeze the cheesecloth to remove excess liquid, and serve your homemade Cottage Cheese either plain or drizzled with honey in a serving bowl. Finally, remember to download our App with exclusive content and fewer ads!

Variations and Alternatives

Chives, thyme, basil, and cherry tomatoes are ingredients that can make your Cottage Cheese really flavorful. Alternatively, by adding berries and honey, you’ll get a deliciously sweet version.

Tips

If you store Cottage Cheese, add some milk, whey, or cream if it becomes too dry before serving it again.

Storage

You can store Cottage Cheese in a plastic container in the refrigerator for up to two days.

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