Homemade cheese made from milk and kefir

Attractive presentation, variety of flavors. Homemade cheese is an immense field for creativity. You can enrich its taste with any spices or fresh herbs: dill or basil, fresh garlic. Today we are preparing cheese with paprika, parsley and with a classic taste.
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 27 % 3 g
Fats 27 % 3 g
Carbohydrates 45 % 5 g
61 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 8 h
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    In order to make homemade cheese from milk and kefir, you should prepare the following ingredients: fat milk, kefir, salt, dried paprika and fresh parsley.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Pour the milk into a saucepan or into a small saucepan. Over medium heat, bring the milk to a state before boiling. If milk foam appears on the surface, it is worth removing it.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Slowly pour kefir into the pan.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    The whey should separate, and curd flakes will float on the surface. Remove the saucepan from the heat.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Add salt and mix the mixture thoroughly.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Cover the colander with two layers of thick gauze. Discard the mixture in a colander and let the whey drain. In this recipe, whey is not used, but you should not get rid of it! After all, on its basis, you can bake excellent sweet bread, for example.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Now it remains only to divide the cheese into three equal parts. Add finely chopped parsley to one part, paprika to the other, and the third will remain with a classic taste. Mix it up. Transfer the cheese mixtures to the center of small pieces of gauze and form balls of them. The ends of the gauze can be secured with cooking clips for industrial packaging. Leave in the refrigerator overnight. Before serving, remove the cheese from the cheesecloth and garnish with fresh herbs.

Homemade cheese made with your own hands from natural ingredients is a great snack for young white wine.
I specially prepared three varieties of cheese to show that the variability of its tastes is limited only by imagination.
I liked the dried paprika option the most. The cheese turned out to be simple, but, at the same time, very fragrant and delicious.
But I should have chopped the parsley harder. The stiff leaves were too clearly felt in the tender cheese.
What is not added to such cheese as a flavor enhancer: coriander, fenugreek, and dried tomatoes. And I'm not talking about spices at all. You can even try to make this cheese with real chocolate. In general, there are a lot of options!
I wish you creative success and bon appetit!
Yes, an egg is also often added when making cheese from milk and kefir. Such a recipe can be viewed here.  

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Whole cow's milk - 68   kcal/100g
  • Milk 3.5% fat content - 64   kcal/100g
  • Milk 3.2% fat content - 60   kcal/100g
  • Milk 1.5% fat content - 47   kcal/100g
  • Concentrated milk 7.5% fat content - 140   kcal/100g
  • Milk 2.5% fat content - 54   kcal/100g
  • Parsley greens - 45   kcal/100g
  • Kefir fat - 62   kcal/100g
  • Kefir of 1% fat content - 38   kcal/100g
  • Low-fat kefir - 30   kcal/100g
  • Kefir "doctor beefy" 1,8% fat content - 45   kcal/100g
  • Kefir 2.5% fat content - 53   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Paprika - 289   kcal/100g

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