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How to Make Cream Cheese

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How to Make Cream Cheese

How to Make Cream Cheese

How to Make Cream Cheese is a gluten free, primal, and vegetarian recipe with 1 servings. One serving contains 553 calories, 31g of protein, and 29g of fat. This recipe covers 26% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 20 minutes. Head to the store and pick up cheesecloth, kosher salt, yogurt, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the kosher salt you could follow this main course with the Low Fat Crumbs Cake (Kosher-Dairy) as a dessert. It works well as a main course.

Instructions

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Line a colander with 6 thin layers of cheesecloth set over a bowl, letting the edges of the cheesecloth hang over the sides.
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Pour in the yogurt and gather the cheesecloth at the top. Tie the bundle together at the top with kitchen twine and hang the yogurt partially inside a large bowl or large measuring cup set in the refrigerator to drain for 24 hours. Check liquid level in container and pour off if it gets too high.
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Unwrap the cheesecloth and place cream cheese into a mixing bowl, sprinkle with salt, and mix until smooth and thoroughly combined.
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Line a 4 1/2-ounce ramekin or a small bowl with 4 thin layers of clean cheesecloth. Spoon the salted cream cheese into the ramekin, avoiding creating air pockets. Smooth top of the cream cheese and place a small circle of plastic on top, cut out of a plastic bag. The plastic should just fit inside the ramekin. Fold the cheesecloth over the top and cut off excess cheesecloth.
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Place another piece of plastic wrap over the ramekin.
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Cut out a small cardboard circle, just barely smaller than the inside of the ramekin, and place the cardboard circle on top of the plastic wrap.
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Place a small heavy object (such as a can of food) onto the cardboard. Refrigerate to press and age the cream cheese for 2 days.
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Carefully unwrap all the layers of plastic and cheesecloth to reveal the pressed cheese.
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Transfer to a serving plate with the flat side down to show the cheesecloth marks. Refrigerate leftovers.
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DifficultyNormal
Ready In20 m.
Servings1
Health Score17
Gluten FreeVegetarian
DietsGluten FreeLacto Ovo VegetarianPrimal
Dish TypesLunchMain CourseMain DishDinner
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