Homemade cream cheese

Name: Homemade cream cheese
Total time: 1800 s
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 4 cups milk; 3 tbsp lemon juice or white vinegar; to taste Salt; Cheese cloth

Catherine Njoki @cook_12310061

I've always avoided preparing any meal that calls for cream cheese until I found this recipe. I'm glad it didn't dissapont.

Catherine Njoki @cook_12310061

I've always avoided preparing any meal that calls for cream cheese until I found this recipe. I'm glad it didn't dissapont.

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Ingredients

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4 cupsmilk
3 tbsplemon juice or white vinegar
to tasteSalt
Cheese cloth

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Steps

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Prep your ingredients
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In a sauce pan over meduim heat,simmer the milk stirring continually for a few mins
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Add 1 tablespoon of lemon or vinegar and stir for a min reducing the heat to low,it will gently start to curdle
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Add the remaining lemon or vinegar a spoon at a time inbetween minutes stirring constantly. The curds will form stir for a few mins then remove from heat.
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Prepare a bowl and place a sieve with a cheese cloth and pour the mixture. Let it sit for 15 mins.
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The water can used for marinade or brine
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Transfer the mixture to a blender,add salt or vanilla extract for taste and blend till smooth. If u want it a light smooth add the water u got from the mixture a tsp at a time. Hurray there goes your cream cheese you can store in an airtight container in the fridge for 2 wks.
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Used mine to prepare this cheesy potato volcano