Homemade Cream Cheese

Name: Homemade Cream Cheese
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 1 l milk (cow, sheep or goat; minimum 3.5% fat); 1 lemon; Salt; herbs to taste; tomatoes to taste; whole‑grain bread to serve

Prep: 10min

| Servings: 8 | Cook: 5min

Make your own cream cheese? Yes, and here’s how! Spoonsparrow shows how simple it is to make fresh cream cheese at home—no additives needed.

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Ingredients

1 l milk (cow, sheep or goat; minimum 3.5% fat)
1 lemon
Salt
herbs to taste
tomatoes to taste
whole‑grain bread to serve

Instructions

1.
Pour the milk into a pot and heat it without boiling. Cut the lemon in half and squeeze out the juice.
2.
While stirring, add the lemon juice to the hot milk until the milk proteins curdle and solid pieces separate from the clear liquid.
3.
Line a sieve with cheesecloth and place it over a bowl. Transfer the curdled mixture into the cloth and let it drain until a creamy consistency is reached.
4.
Release the cream cheese from the cloth and season with salt. Serve with herbs, additional spices, tomatoes and whole‑grain bread as desired.