Dairy-Free Homemade Cheese Made Easy

Light, simple, delicious, made from ordinary ingredients! Homemade dairy-free cheese, prepared at home, is tastier and healthier than store-bought cheese, it is absolutely natural, and does not contain any additives. You can cook it without much hassle. To do this you will need ingredients available to everyone.
cook time: 3h
Ruby Colston
Dairy-Free Homemade Cheese Made Easy

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

200
Calories
16g
Fat
14g
Protein

Ingredients (6 portions)

Basic:

Salt 1 tsp
Butter 50 g
Eggs 1 pc
Soda 0.5 tsp
Cottage cheese 500 g

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make homemade cheese without milk? Prepare your food. It’s better to take fatty cottage cheese; store-bought cheese may not work. Butter is of high quality, without additives, in accordance with GOST.

Step 2

Step 2
In a separate bowl, mix cottage cheese, egg, salt and soda. I mashed it directly with my hand to loosen all the lumps in the curd. You can puree the mixture with an immersion blender.

Step 3

Step 3
Build a water bath on the stove. Take a large saucepan, fill it with water to half the volume and put it on the fire. After the water boils, place a bowl on top of such a size that the edges hold onto the sides of the pan. Turn down the heat. The water bath is ready. Place the butter in a bowl and melt it.

Step 4

Step 4
Add the curd mass to the butter, stir.

Step 5

Step 5
With constant stirring, cook the mixture until the cottage cheese is completely melted. It should become homogeneous and liquid. I stirred with a whisk.

Step 6

Step 6
After this happens, continue cooking the cheese. It cooks for quite a long time, at least 30 minutes, the mass must be stirred from time to time.

Step 7

Step 7
If you cook the cheese for 30 minutes, it will come out soft, very similar to Druzhba processed cheese. To obtain hard cheese, cook for 45-50 minutes. The mass will boil down well and thicken, as can be seen from the photo. Monitor the water level in the pan; if it boils, add more.

Step 8

Step 8
Pour the cheese into the form in which it will be stored and leave to cool at room temperature. Enameled, glass or plastic containers and bowls are suitable as forms. Then cover the pan with a lid and place in the refrigerator. In two hours the cheese will be ready.

Step 9

Step 9
I left the cheese overnight, and in the morning I easily took it out of the bowl. Properly cooked cheese cuts easily and does not stick to the knife. It is very tasty to eat it just like that, with fresh bread and butter. Bon appetit!

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