Cottage cheese on kefir in a frying pan

A container with a thick bottom and a diameter of 25 cm is suitable for making curd mass. Use a regular frying pan, preferably with high sides. It is preferable to cook cottage cheese in small portions to comply with the conditions of uniform heating. From one and a half liters of kefir, on average, a portion weighing 300 -350 grams of cottage cheese will come out.
Pour kefir into a cold frying pan, add salt and put on a small fire. If there is a thermal probe, the temperature of 40 - 45 degrees should be monitored. With rapid heating of kefir, a dense tasteless cottage cheese will turn out. Therefore, it is necessary to heat the mass with constant stirring with a spatula until the appearance of cottage cheese flakes and yellowish whey. The average cooking time is 15 minutes.
After the kefir has exfoliated, turn off the fire, cover the pan with a lid. Leave for 10 minutes.
Cover the colander with gauze in 3 - 4 layers. Pour out the contents of the pan.Cottage cheese will remain on the gauze. Do not throw away the serum. It can be used for baking and dough, as well as to prepare healthy drinks.
Leave the cottage cheese on cheesecloth for cooling and self-pressing for 20 minutes. For lovers of dry food, you can connect the ends of the gauze and hang the cottage cheese for 3 hours to drain excess liquid.
Ready-made cottage cheese should be stored in the refrigerator in a closed container for no more than 3 days.The curd turns out crumbly, tender, with a slight sourness. It is perfect for baby and diet food. Cottage cheese can be served with berry jam, supplemented with fruit and honey. You can make cheesecakes and cottage cheese cake from cottage cheese, use it as a filling for dumplings and pies.
To get a more bland product, kefir can be mixed with milk in a ratio of 2:1 and cooked according to the recipe. A similar addition of ryazhenka will give the final product a caramel flavor.You can increase the fat content of cottage cheese by introducing sour cream or homemade yogurt in any proportions.