Easy homemade cottage cheese recipe

Cottage cheese, also known as ricotta, is one of the easiest homemade cheese recipes to make. You only need 2 ingredients (milk and lemon juice or vinegar) and some simple utensils. Since it is a homemade cottage cheese, you can choose its consistency and you can even add spices to flavor it.

We show you how to make homemade cottage cheese with lemon or vinegar so that you can use it in your favorite recipes or enjoy this cheese spread on toast. Likewise, if you have tried to make yogurt lately and it has not turned out well because the milk has hardened too much, do not waste it! You can use it to make this homemade ricotta recipe.

Ingredients to make easy homemade cottage cheese:

• 1 liter of milk (can be sour milk)
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice or vinegar
• 1 dessert spoon of salt

How to make Easy Homemade Cottage Cheese:

1. Pour the milk into a saucepan and heat it until it starts to boil. When it reaches the first boil, turn off the heat, add the lemon or vinegar.
2.  Let it rest until the milk is as in the photo, with an appearance of curdled milk in which the whey is perfectly observed.
3. Tip: This homemade cottage cheese recipe can be made with sour milk or yogurt.
4. When the milk looks like it did before, place a fine cotton cloth inside a strainer and place the strainer in a bowl. Then pour the milk on the cloth.
5. Let it drain by itself for about 10 minutes or until you notice that it has cooled down a bit.
6. Then, bring the ends of the cloth together, lift it up, and squeeze out the milk using as much pressure as you can.
7.  Be careful and watch that the liquid falls into the container. You must drain as much liquid as possible so that your homemade cottage cheese is perfect.
8. With the help of a spoon, transfer the rennet from the milk (the ricotta) to a deep plate or container and add a teaspoon of salt.
9. Mix and with the same spoon press the cheese so that it is as compact as possible. Cover the container or plate and reserve it in the refrigerator for 20-30 minutes.
10. Your homemade cottage cheese with vinegar or lemon is ready! As you can see, preparing this type of cheese at home is not that complicated and you can take advantage of that sour milk that you have in the fridge.

How to preserve homemade cottage cheese

It can keep in the fridge for up to 3 days if you store it in an airtight container. You can also keep homemade cottage cheese in the freezer. To do this, you must store it in a well-closed container and write the freezing date, since it lasts a maximum of 2 months.