How to prepare cream cheese at home

Delicate cream cheese is an ideal snack idea, a great addition to salads, rolls, casseroles and other dishes. In stores, you can find many types of this product with a variety of fillings and flavors. And its quality is completely different. That's why it's a great idea to make cream cheese at home. All the products are available, and the technology is extremely simple.

The idea of making homemade cream cheese was shared by the famous Ukrainian chef Tetiana Lytvynova on her TikTok page.

Ingredients:

• 9% cottage cheese - 300 g
• baking soda - 1 tsp
• salt - 0.5 tsp
• butter - 20 g

Cottage cheese should be dense

Method of preparation:

1. Put cottage cheese in a pan.

2. Add baking soda.

3. Mix well and cook at maximum temperature.

Heating

4. The cheese should melt.

5. Add a little salt and cook for 3-4 minutes.

6. Add pepper, paprika, and garlic.

7. Mix well so that the temperature is the same everywhere. Break up all the grains.

8. When foam forms and the mass rises, add 20-30 g of butter.

9. Mix well with a spoon.

10. If lumps remain, use a blender.

11. Leave the finished cheese at room temperature for a while to thicken.