Homemade Cheese with Dried Apricots and Walnuts
A gorgeous, delicious centerpiece for any holiday table.
Maria Kruus
Recipe author
Homemade Cheese with Dried Apricots and Walnuts
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 29 %
10 g
Fats 53 %
18 g
Carbohydrates 18 %
6 g
228 kcal
GI:
100
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0
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0
- I recommend making this cheese for everyone's holiday table — it's not only delicious but beautiful, too. I came across the recipe on a website; I was drawn in by its striking look and the unusual name, "Homemade Cheese with Dried Apricots and Walnuts." I love nuts and all kinds of dried fruit, and my son loves cheese, so I decided to treat us all. I'm planning to make it again for our New Year's table — and I'd suggest you do the same. Start by pressing the cottage cheese through a sieve. Stir in the milk, transfer the mixture to a saucepan, and set it over heat. Once it comes to a boil, keep cooking until the whey separates. Line a colander with cheesecloth and pour in the curds, then hang it up so all the liquid drains away — the cheese should turn out firm and dry. Next, chop the basil and grind it in a blender. Add the egg and salt. Chop the dried apricots, and coarsely chop the toasted walnuts (don't grind them too fine). Set a heavy-bottomed pot — a cast-iron Dutch oven works well — over heat and add the butter. Once it melts, add the cottage cheese mixture and cook over low heat, stirring constantly. The cottage cheese will start to melt. Stir in the baking soda and it will begin to rise; as it settles back down, add the basil, dried apricots, and walnuts. Keep cooking until the cheese is completely smooth and melted. Line a deep container with plastic wrap and pour in the mixture. Let it cool, then chill it in the refrigerator. Your homemade cheese is ready. Enjoy!
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Whole cow's milk - 68 kcal/100g
- Milk 3.5% fat - 64 kcal/100g
- Milk 3.2% fat - 60 kcal/100g
- Milk 1.5% fat - 47 kcal/100g
- Concentrated milk 7.5% fat - 140 kcal/100g
- Milk 2.5% fat - 54 kcal/100g
- Chicken egg - 157 kcal/100g
- Egg white - 45 kcal/100g
- Egg powder - 542 kcal/100g
- Egg yolk - 352 kcal/100g
- Ostrich egg - 118 kcal/100g
- Cottage cheese 40% fat - 466 kcal/100g
- Cottage cheese 20% fat - 233 kcal/100g
- Cottage cheese 18% fat - 226 kcal/100g
- Cottage cheese 10% fat - 156 kcal/100g
- Low-fat cottage cheese - 75 kcal/100g
- Cottage cheese with sour cream - 260 kcal/100g
- Fruit cottage cheese - 147 kcal/100g
- Soft diet cottage cheese - 170 kcal/100g
- Vitalinia cottage cheese - 64 kcal/100g
- Danone 'Morning' cottage cheese, unsweetened - 91 kcal/100g
- Cottage cheese - 156 kcal/100g
- Walnuts - 650 kcal/100g
- Black walnut (English walnut) - 628 kcal/100g
- Black Persian walnut - 651 kcal/100g
- Walnut oil - 925 kcal/100g
- Fresh basil - 27 kcal/100g
- Dried basil - 251 kcal/100g
- Butter 82% - 734 kcal/100g
- Unsalted premium butter - 709 kcal/100g
- Unsalted farmhouse butter - 661 kcal/100g
- Salted farmhouse butter - 652 kcal/100g
- Clarified butter - 869 kcal/100g
- Dried apricots - 215 kcal/100g
- Dried apricots (uryuk) - 290 kcal/100g
- Dried peaches - 254 kcal/100g
- Salt - 0 kcal/100g
- Baking soda - 0 kcal/100g
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