Homemade Cream Cheese Substitute: Easy and Budget-Friendly

How to make an analogue of cream cheese at home? Easily! The budget idea itself arose because of its high cost. Such cheese will always have the basic taste of the product from which it is made. The higher the fat content of kefir, the tastier the kefir, the tastier the cheese will be. Tasteless products will not make tasty cheese. You can make it from fermented baked milk, then the cheese will taste like baked milk. You can use a mixture of these fermented milk products.
cook time: 24h
Lucas Halstead
Homemade Cream Cheese Substitute: Easy and Budget-Friendly

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

38
Calories
1g
Fat
4g
Carbs
3g
Protein

Ingredients (4 portions)

Basic:

Kefir 1 l

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
Freeze kefir in a container that fits into your sieve. If you buy kefir in half-liter bags, you can freeze it directly in them, then cut it.

Step 2

Step 2
When the kefir is frozen, take a large saucepan and place a sieve with 4 layers of gauze in it.

Step 3

Step 3
Place frozen kefir on cheesecloth. Now you need to wait for the kefir to melt.

Step 4

Step 4
Then cover it with gauze and press down with a small press. You can make knots out of gauze and hang the kefir until the liquid drains completely. After draining, the curd can be slightly squeezed out.

Step 5

Step 5
As a result, from 1 liter of kefir we got 230 grams of soft cream cheese. Now you can add salt, sweeten, pepper, add chopped dill, etc.

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