Mom's mizithra

Name: Mom's mizithra
Yield: 1 small jar of grated cheese
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 l fresh milk or full fat pausterized milk; vinegar (about 1 cup); coarse salt for coating; 1 cheesecloth

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This is how they make mizithra (cheese for pasta) in the Prefecture of Ilia! It is extremely easy, try it!

Recipe by litsa d

This is how they make mizithra (cheese for pasta) in the Prefecture of Ilia! It is extremely easy, try it!

Recipe by litsa d

Cookpad Greece @cook_8238176

Greece

This is how they make mizithra (cheese for pasta) in the Prefecture of Ilia! It is extremely easy, try it!

Recipe by litsa d

This is how they make mizithra (cheese for pasta) in the Prefecture of Ilia! It is extremely easy, try it!

Recipe by litsa d

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Ingredients

1 small jar of grated cheese

2 lfresh milk or full fat pausterized milk
vinegar (about 1 cup)
coarse salt for coating
1cheesecloth

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Steps

1

Boil the milk in a pot.
2

When it reaches the boiling point it starts to rise.
3

Spray it quickly with the vinegar.
4

Turn off the heat right away and in 3 minutes remove from heat. Let the milk curdle thoroughly for about 5 minutes so that it separates into solid and liquid.
5

Place it in a pot that you have lined with the cheesecloth.
6

Tie the four ends of the cheesecloth together.
7

Allow it to drain its liquids for 1 - 1 1/2 hours giving it a round flat shape (see photograph).
8

Remove the cheesecloth and coat the mizithra with coarse salt.Set it aside to dry covered with a mosquito net at room temperature for 1-2 days turning it upside down every now and then.It is ready to grate on pasta, etc.Store in the fridge until you use it again.