How often it happens that you read the recipe and see in it an ingredient that bites at a price, and there is nothing to replace. One such product is the Philadelphia cream cheese - it's not that it's hard to find a replacement, and it's not always possible to buy it. In many stores you will not find the soft creamy Philadelphia cheese in the assortment. Well, do not give up cooking now! Prepare a Philadelphia cheese at home is quite possible, even if it will be somewhat different to taste, but because few people know what this product has real taste. So, no one will find a substitute and we do not put aside the recipe for the food we liked. But first make the Philadelphia cheese with your own hands, and then we will add it to your favorite rolls with chicken or sandwich with tuna .
How to make a Philadelphia cheese?
Those who have never tried a real soft Philadelphia cheese, we suggest - its taste is sweetish. Well, mistresses, what comes to mind? That's right - the most common dairy products. Cottage cheese, cream, sour cream plus some sugar and protein. Many find a substitute for curd cheese Philadelphia in soft processed cheese, but we want to approach you as much as possible to the real taste of the product, so we will spend a bit of time and prepare the Philadelphia cheese at home, especially since it is quite easy to make.
Cream cheese Philadelphia
The recipe, which we offer to you, will take you only about 30 minutes. Then you can shift the cheese into a jar and store it in the refrigerator, although we are not sure that the product will stay with you for a long time. It can be smeared in a wonderful way for morning toasts and served for tea.
Ingredients:
- milk - 1 l;
- egg - 1 piece;
- kefir - 500 ml;
- salt - 1 teaspoon;
- sugar - 1 teaspoon;
- citric acid - on the tip of the knife.
Preparation
Pour the milk into a saucepan and set it on medium heat. Add sugar, salt and bring to a boil, while constantly stirring. Once the milk boils, add kefir and mix the mass, not allowing it to curdle. Then we throw it on gauze and hang it over the sink for 15 minutes to make the glass serum. The egg is beaten with citric acid, we add to it the cottage cheese, which we got from milk and yogurt and whisk again the mass to obtain a fluffy homogeneous consistency. That's the whole process of preparing Philadelphia cheese at home. Now you can use it to make your favorite dishes.
Curd cheese Philadelphia
Of course, soft cream cheese Philadelphia can be used not only for sweet dishes. If you add finely chopped herbs or spices to the ingredients, then you can use it successfully for sandwiches, snacks, sushi, salmon baskets. In this recipe, we will tell you how to make a Philadelphia cheese home from cottage cheese. It is closest to the original taste of the product. Best of all, if you bought the curd will have a creamy consistency.
Ingredients:
- cottage cheese - 500 g;
- cream (30%) - 200 ml;
- sour cream - 200 ml;
- salt, greens - to taste.
Preparation
Whisk the cream until thick, then gradually add sour cream, cottage cheese and a little salt. If desired, you can put the finely chopped greens. Thoroughly mix all the ingredients and let stand for 24 hours at room temperature. In a refrigerator, a home-made Philadelphia cheese can be stored for up to a week.