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Homemade Cream Cheese from Farmer's Cheese

Tender, savory, with herbs. A breakfast for the whole family! This cream cheese made from farmer's cheese is a quick, hearty breakfast from healthy ingredients. The main ingredient is mixed with sour cream and herbs. It's good any way you serve it: on slices of toast or just on its own. If you can, use farm-fresh farmer's cheese and sour cream.

Maria

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Farmer's cheese

200

Sour cream

Parsley (5 sprigs)

Dill (5 sprigs)

Ground black pepper

0.5

Salt

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 50 % 12 g

Fats 42 % 10 g

Carbohydrates 8 % 2 g

150 kcal

GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Cooking method

Cooking time: 20 min

Step 1:

How do you make cream cheese from farmer's cheese? It's very simple and fast! First, gather the ingredients you'll need, to taste. The farmer's cheese and sour cream can be any fat content. The richer and softer the farmer's cheese, the tastier the cheese will be. Mine is crumbly farmer's cheese with 9% fat, but pressed (block) farmer's cheese works too. You can replace the sour cream with plain yogurt with no additives (Greek, for example) or heavy cream.
Step 2:

Put the farmer's cheese in a bowl and mash it thoroughly with a fork to break up any lumps. If your farmer's cheese is lumpy and dry, you can blitz it in a blender or press it through a sieve.
Step 3:

Wash the dill and parsley, shake off the moisture, and chop them finely. If you like, you can replace or add other herbs - cilantro, green onion, or a mix of different herbs.
Step 4:

Add the sour cream to the farmer's cheese, along with salt and pepper. Mix everything thoroughly. If needed, add a little more sour cream, but the mixture should hold its shape and not spread.
Step 5:

Add the chopped herbs to the cheese mixture and mix everything well. The herbs should be distributed evenly throughout.
Step 6:

Put the herbed cream cheese in the fridge for 1 hour so the mixture firms up.
Step 7:

You can serve this cream cheese on its own or as a topping for toast or crêpes. Enjoy!

To speed things up, you can just put all the ingredients in a blender and blitz until smooth. The mixture will come out creamier and airier.
Since everyone's tolerance for salt, sweetness, bitterness, heat, acidity, and spice is different, always add spices and seasonings to your own taste! If you're using a seasoning for the first time, keep in mind that some are especially easy to overdo (chili pepper, for example).
Instead of the savory version of this spread, you can make a sweet one. Replace the herbs with sugar or honey and add nuts and fresh or dried pieces of fruit.