Processed cheese at home: various recipes with photos

Now many people have fallen in love with processed cheese and buy it in regular stores and supermarkets. But often such cheeses contain harmful carcinogen additives that directly harm your health.

This article is intended for those who really want to learn how to make such cheese in the kitchen with their own hands. So, how to make processed cheese from cottage cheese at home?

Classics are always in favor

Cottage cheese - 0.5 kg;
Soda - 1 teaspoon;
Salt and seasonings according to your taste.

Time for the entire culinary process is one and a half hours.

The product contains 250 kcal per 100 grams.

Let's start cooking:

Take two pans of different sizes. Pour water into the larger one and wait until the water boils;
Pour the cottage cheese into another pan and add soda. Use cottage cheese bought at the market;
Mix the cottage cheese and soda until there are no lumps;
When the water boils in the first pan, reduce the heat and place the second pan with cottage cheese in it;
Within a minute, the cottage cheese begins to melt, start stirring it to avoid burning;
Continue stirring until the curd is completely melted and the curd smell disappears;
After 12-16 minutes, your curd will become a thick liquid and almost ready;
Add seasonings according to your taste;
That's all, leave it to cool and place it in the refrigerator.

Processed cheese Yantar in the home kitchen

We need:

0.5 kg of full-fat homemade cottage cheese
100 g butter, softened
1 pc raw egg
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp. soda

Preparation:

1. Place a pan of water on the stove for a water bath.

2. Grind the cottage cheese through a sieve,

add the egg, butter, salt, soda and mix in a mixer until smooth.

3. Place the curd mass in a water bath, stir constantly until the curd begins to melt (2-3 minutes).

Remove from heat and transfer to a bowl, leaving to cool completely.

Homemade "Yantar"

Have you ever wanted to make homemade processed cheese “Yantar” yourself? Do you think it will be hard? In reality, it's simple.

Cottage cheese - 0.5 kg;
Milk – 100 ml or 0.5 cups;
Butter (not to be confused with spread) – 2 large spoons;
Soda – 0.5 teaspoon;
Salt and all kinds of spices, based on your preferences.

The entire culinary process will take 40-45 minutes.

Let's start cooking:

Prepare the cottage cheese by stirring it until there are no lumps, and add soda and milk;
Stir everything until everything becomes homogeneous;
Pour everything into the pan and turn on low heat, stirring constantly with a spoon;
When the cottage cheese melts for the first time, add salt and butter and continue mixing the ingredients;
Bring until smooth and remove from heat. Pour into various containers;
That's all, leave the product to cool and place it in the refrigerator. Enjoy your homemade Yantar.

Processed cheese - homemade recipe

Who doesn’t love the well-known “amber” cheese or triangular stickers with processed cheese that have different flavors? This product makes luxurious sandwiches, interesting pastries and even soups with added cheese, which are among the gourmet delicacies. However, store-bought goodies are not always affordable, and most importantly, they raise doubts about their benefits to the body. Therefore, we offer a delicious recipe for processed cheese prepared at home. Moreover, you should not be afraid of the troublesome process. This recipe is simple and will only take you 10-15 minutes. But by putting the treat in the refrigerator, the problem with breakfast for the family will be solved.

Ingredients

You will need the following products:

Natural cottage cheese, homemade is best - 500 gr.
Attention! Cheap cottage cheese of unknown origin may not produce processed cheese.
Milk with a fat content of 2.5-3% - 0.5 cups.
Butter - 20 grams, about two tablespoons.
Baking soda - 0.5 teaspoon.
Salt - depends on your taste.
Any spices. These can be ready-made sets or take them separately: dried dill, cumin, chopped paprika, garlic. It all depends on your preferences.

Having a base of processed cheese, you can turn it into a luxurious delicacy by adding chopped fried mushrooms or finely chopped smoked sausage, bacon, etc. Using various additives, the taste changes beyond recognition. Experiment and find your favorite option.

Making delicious processed cheese at home

The first thing you need is cottage cheese. Transfer the entire amount into a bowl and try to give it a uniform consistency using a fork. To do this, crush large lumps. Now use soda, which is thoroughly mixed in the curd mass. When the ingredients are combined, add milk, stirring the mixture thoroughly. So, the first step is completed.

Next, transfer the mixture into a clean saucepan. It will need to be heated in a water bath. Therefore, make sure you have the appropriate utensils in advance. One container should be for water, the second should be conveniently placed on it for heating with steam.

The heated mixture must be constantly stirred. It is very convenient to use a wooden spatula, but a spoon will also work. Thanks to the soda, the cottage cheese will begin to melt right before your eyes. When you notice that the mass becomes homogeneous, add oil and salt to taste without stopping mixing. As soon as the consistency becomes completely smooth, without lumps, add the necessary seasonings and remove from heat. I added chopped smoked sausage and dill. Be careful not to overcook the cheese, otherwise the reverse process may start.

Advice!

If the cottage cheese does not melt completely, lumps remain - add a little soda again.

Pour the hot cheese into convenient containers. Processed cheese that has cooled naturally can be stored in the refrigerator. Once the product has hardened, it is ready for use. Now it's easy to make fragrant toast. Homemade processed cheese is often tastier than the store-bought counterpart. In addition, you are confident in the naturalness of the products. Bon appetit!

15 process photos

Bon appetit!

Homemade cheesecake recipe with mushrooms

Now let’s move on to the recipe for incomparably delicious homemade processed cheese with mushrooms. After all, it is incredibly tasty and will delight all household members and lovers of this delicious cheese. Makes a great addition with bread to any dish.

Cottage cheese – 0.5 kg;
Homemade eggs – 1 piece;
Butter (not to be confused with spread) – 80 – 100 grams;
Soda – 0.5 teaspoon;
Porcini mushrooms or traditional champignons – 300 grams;
Vegetable (any kind, olive or sesame) oil – 3 tablespoons;
Salt, seasonings, based on your wishes.

The culinary process will take a little over an hour.

Ready processed cheese contains 225 kcal in 100 grams.

Mix cottage cheese with soda, avoiding lumps, wait 15 minutes;
Finely chop the mushrooms;
Fry the mushrooms in vegetable oil;
Set aside 4 tbsp. mushrooms, grind the rest in a blender until smooth;
Mix cottage cheese with egg;
Pour warm butter into the mixture;
Place the mixture in a blender and blend until smooth;
Throw everything into a saucepan set on low heat, stirring, keep on fire for 5-7 minutes, add salt;
Throw the mushrooms, ground in a blender, into the resulting mixture and stir;
Add the reserved fried mushrooms, spices, herbs;
Allow the mixture to cool and then leave in the refrigerator until it hardens. Enjoy delicious mushroom cream cheese.

Processed cheese quick recipe

We need:

0.5 kg cottage cheese 15%
1 piece egg
1/2 tsp. soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp Sahara
50 – 100 g butter

Preparation:

1.Add soda to the cottage cheese and mix everything in a mixer until it forms a paste.

Tip: Add soda strictly in the proportion of 1 tsp. soda per 1 kg of cottage cheese, if you add more soda, the curd mass will be liquid and will not harden, and if you add less soda, the mass will have grains, because the property of soda in cottage cheese is to loosen it.

2. Break the egg into a blender bowl, add salt, sugar and beat until fluffy.

3. Prepare a water bath, for which we put a pan of water on the stove and bring to a boil.

4. Transfer the resulting mass of cottage cheese into a saucepan and place in a water bath. Stir constantly until the curd becomes slightly sticky.

5. Add the beaten egg to the cottage cheese, stir, remove from heat, and do not stop stirring the mixture.

After a couple of minutes, add the butter and put it in the water bath again, stir until the mass comes together and becomes pasty, then remove from the heat.

Tip: If you add 100 g of butter to the cheese mass, the processed cheese will be harder and break, and if you add 50 g of butter, the cheese will be soft, elastic and spreadable.

6. Transfer the resulting processed cheese into a bowl and cool. Store in the refrigerator, covered, for up to 2 weeks, in the freezer for up to 2 months.

Chocolate-based dessert processed cheese

Everyone loves sweets so much, they love to sit in the evening with tea and eat something sweet. Let's move on to consider how to make chocolate cream cheese at home.

This is an excellent tasty sweet spread that, when combined with bread, makes a great dessert.

Cottage cheese – 400 grams;
Bitter chocolate – large 100 gram bar;
Sugar – 2 tablespoons;
Milk – 0.75 l;
Soda – 1 teaspoon.

How long will it take to make – 1 hour and 30 minutes.

100 grams of anointing contains 320 kcal.

The process of making wonderful processed cheese:

Mix the cottage cheese with a blender;
Add soda to the mixed cottage cheese, and a little later milk;
Mix thoroughly until smooth;
Place mixture in a small saucepan;
Add slightly melted butter into it;
We put the pan in another larger one filled with water and wait;
After boiling, cook for 10-20 minutes, stir;
Bring to a homogeneous mass;
Remove the pan from the stove, throw chocolate into the cheese;
We also add sugar and mix until the mass is evenly distributed;
Let cool;
Delicious sweet processed cheese is ready! Now you can enjoy its wonderful taste and delight your guests with a delicious dessert.

Homemade processed cheese with mushrooms

We need:

1 kg homemade cottage cheese, full fat
200 g butter, softened
0.5 tbsp. – 1 tbsp. homemade milk
1 tsp soda
300 g champignons
3 tbsp. vegetable oil
1/2 tsp. ground paprika
salt, ground black pepper, to taste

Preparation:

1. Cut the mushrooms into small cubes, fry in a frying pan with vegetable oil until the liquid evaporates.

2. Add salt, pepper and paprika to the prepared mushrooms, mix everything.

3. Combine cottage cheese with butter, milk, soda and salt, blend with a submersible blender.

4. During this time, put a pan of water on the fire, we get a water bath. Place the curd mass in a water bath and, stirring for 15 minutes, cook until smooth. Cool slightly.

5. Then add mushrooms to the cheese mixture and mix carefully.

If desired, you can add not only mushrooms to the processed cheese, but also chopped herbs, after dousing with boiling water and drying on a paper towel, sun-dried tomatoes, turmeric, all to taste.

Recipe for meat eaters

Let's take a look at an interesting recipe for homemade processed cheese with bacon. It will become a specific addition to the main dish.

Cottage cheese – 250 grams;
Egg yolks – 2 pcs;
Peasant butter – 50 grams;
Bacon - a little, even 50 grams is enough;
Soda – 0.5 teaspoon;
Salt, no more than 1 pinch;
Seasonings - as much as you prefer.

Cooking will take 35 minutes.

The product contains 280 kcal per 100 grams.

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Mix cottage cheese and add soda;
Beat the egg and add to the cottage cheese, mix well;
Add heated butter and mix everything thoroughly with a blender;
Place the mixture in a saucepan and turn the heat to low. Cook for 10-20 minutes;
Add salt and spices;
Add chopped bacon;
Let cool;
Enjoy delicious, homemade cheese.

Homemade processed cheese with herbs for gourmets and spicy lovers

Cottage cheese – 200 grams;
Eggs – 1 piece;
Salt - a pinch;
Soda – 0.5 teaspoon;
Provençal herbs – 0.5 teaspoon;
Homemade butter – 1 tablespoon;
Dill dry. – 2 grams;
Black pepper (depending on your preference for hotness).

It will take no more than 40 minutes to make the product.

100 grams of cheese contains 220 kcal.

Mix cottage cheese, egg, butter and salt in a saucepan;
Simmer over low heat for 13-17 minutes;
Mix dill, herbes de Provence, pepper;
Pour the herbs into the melted cheese and mix;
Let the cheese cool and then put it in the refrigerator for an hour or two;
Enjoying spicy melted cheese.

Recipe 6: how to make homemade processed cheese with paprika

Cottage cheese – 300 gr
Egg yolks - 2 pcs
Butter - 50 g
Salt - chips.
Soda - 0.5 tsp.

Bacon, servilat, salami – 30 g
sweet paprika
dill and sour cucumber
olives
anchovies
capers
lightly salted salmon
dried mushrooms (powder)
dried garlic
roasted nuts
basil

In a saucepan with a thick bottom, combine cottage cheese, egg, butter, add soda. Mix, or better yet, beat with an immersion blender.

Place on low heat, stirring constantly. The cottage cheese should melt. The process will take 10-15 minutes, all lumps of cottage cheese should melt!

Add salt to taste. At the very end, the whole mass can be punched again with a blender. But the cheese turns out great even without a blender. If you do not use a blender, then at the initial stage mix the cottage cheese and egg thoroughly so that the eggs do not curdle.

When hot, the cheese is liquid, but as it cools it becomes dense and spreads well.

Add your favorite filling to the finished cheese, there is room for imagination.

Pour the cheese into a container, cover with a lid or film and let cool. Add little filling, only 20-40 grams per serving. The filling should not dominate, but only add flavor to the cheese.

Recommendations and useful tips

Try not to buy ingredients in supermarkets; there is a risk that they will irreparably spoil the entire dish. This is because they are low-fat and contain various impurities that can interfere with the quality of your homemade cheese.

Be especially careful when choosing cottage cheese and milk. It is advisable to buy it in the suburbs or from trusted traders in the market. If you can’t buy it on the market, then buy it from the supermarket with the highest percentage of fat content. Also pay attention to the price; very cheap cottage cheese raises questions about its contents.

If you buy at the market or from hand, pay attention to the smell of cottage cheese and milk; if there is a foreign smell, do not take it. This will greatly affect the taste of your dish.

If food often burns in your pan, then make a so-called water bath. This is a method where you take two pans of different sizes. Pour water into a large saucepan and bring to a boil.

After which the smaller one with cottage cheese is placed in it and this is how the dish is prepared. This method prevents burning, and as a result, the possibility of ruining the dish.

Homemade processed cheese

Yantar, Orbit, Omichka. With these words, probably many people have associations with processed cheese. Delicious sticks in foil packaging have been on store shelves since Soviet times, but the composition of today's cheeses leaves much to be desired. But our hands are not for boredom? Let's use them to make processed cheese from cottage cheese at home. There is no need to be afraid, it is easy and completely short-lived. But the taste is finger-licking good. The finished product, flavored with herbs and spices, can be spread on breakfast sandwiches for a whole week, or, for example, you can prepare a pita roll with Jewish salad.

Sweet recipe with cocoa and fruit

Processed cheese from cottage cheese can be prepared at home in a variation “for those with a sweet tooth.” This cheese will give you a boost of energy at the start of the day.

To make it you need:
1.5 packs of cottage cheese,
1 egg
2 tbsp. l. softened butter,
1/2 tsp. soda,
1 tsp cocoa powder,
1 tsp powdered sugar,
fruits, berries or dried fruits (to taste).

Cooking steps:

In a small container, combine the fermented milk product with soda and salt.
Add egg and butter and blend until smooth using an immersion blender.
Transfer the curd contents into a pan, heat it, and begin to melt.
At the final stage, cocoa, powdered sugar, and crushed fruit additives are included.
Remove from the stove, pour into jars, cool, and place in the refrigerator until use.

Children will love this breakfast option.

How to make cream cheese at home

Cottage cheese of any fat content - 450-500 g (two packages of 180 g each)
Large egg - 1 pc.
Butter - 100 g.
Salt - to taste (I used a pinch, 1/3 teaspoon)
Baking soda - 1 teaspoon
Dried seasonings, herbs (you can use herbs de Provence, dried garlic, etc.) - to taste, I used 1 tbsp. heaped spoon

Recipe 3: homemade processed cheese from cottage cheese (with photo)

Cheese goes well with any bread, and with various grain breads, and with tartlets.

cottage cheese - 0.5 kg
egg – 1 pc.
butter – 100 g
salt – 0.5 -1 teaspoon
baking soda – 0.5 tsp.
spoons any spices/dried herbs - to taste

Combine all ingredients in a saucepan and stir.

In a larger saucepan, bring water to a boil and place a small saucepan on top of it, creating a “water bath.” Cook the mixture like this, stirring constantly, for 15-20 minutes. Everything should melt and dissolve thoroughly.

After removing the pan from the water bath, pour the contents into a blender and beat the mass so that it becomes perfectly homogeneous and there are no lumps of cottage cheese.

Then transfer the whipped mass back into the pan and add dried parsley and dried dill. In general, you can make any addition to cheese: spices, mushrooms, ham, etc.

At this stage, the mixture had already begun to cool, became more viscous and stopped sticking to the walls of the dish.

Grease a bowl with butter and place the cheese mixture into it.

Immediately cover with cling film and leave to cool to room temperature. After this, put it in the refrigerator overnight.

Making processed cheese from cottage cheese

The mixing of cottage cheese with the rest of the ingredients happens so quickly that it is better to immediately put water in a saucepan for a steam bath. Fill 2/3 of the ladle and bring to a boil.

Place the cottage cheese (both packs) in a large bowl in which it will be convenient for us to stir. butter (100 g), cut into small cubes, 1 egg. Mix everything thoroughly.

Add baking soda (1 teaspoon) to the cheese mixture. You can add baking soda before mixing.

We use a “knife” (immersion) blender attachment to turn the mixture into a homogeneous one.

Place the bowl with the mixed contents in a water bath. Set the fire to medium. We take a spatula in our hands and constantly stir the mixture.

After a few minutes, you will notice how the curd mass begins to melt, strings will appear when you lift the spatula - signs of melting of the curd.

If you've ever made hot sandwiches in the microwave, then you've already seen a similar process. When hard cheese starts to melt, it looks about the same.

We continue to vigorously stir the cheese mixture, trying to dissolve absolutely all grains, even the smallest ones. The mixture will become more and more homogeneous, viscous, and shiny. Once all the lumps have disappeared, remove the bowl from the water bath and set it aside.

Now your favorite seasonings and salt are used. I used a mixture of spices for adjika, and the result was very tasty.

Supplement options vary and depend entirely on your taste! For example, you can add fresh chopped herbs and garlic, you can season the cheese with chopped olives or vegetables.

Stir the mixture and pour into molds.

Cover the processed cheese with cling film so that it does not become covered with a thickened crust on top. In a few hours, the processed cottage cheese will be completely ready. This is how easy it is to prepare a delicious delicacy at home.

To be honest, I didn’t get the cottage cheese cheese right the first time, but now I have experience based on mistakes, which I definitely want to share.

Classic recipe

Processed cheese from grain cottage cheese can be prepared at home using a classic recipe. It does not include additional components. The taste of this cheese is milky and creamy.

Required ingredients:
2 packs of cottage cheese (percentage of fat content - to taste),
1 egg
1/2 stick of butter,
salt,
1/2 tsp. soda

Preparation:

Take water into a small saucepan, filling 2/3 of the container, place it on the stove, and bring to a boil.
All ingredients are combined in a microwave oven container.
Bring until smooth using a blender.
Place the dishes with the mixture in a water bath of a boiling pan, reduce the heat to low.
As the container heats up, the mass becomes viscous and the cottage cheese begins to melt.
It is stirred continuously for 7-8 minutes.
The contents are placed in jars, cooled, covered with cling film and put in the refrigerator.
The cold product is ready to eat.

If desired, you can add any seasonings, but before removing the hot workpiece from the stove.

What to do if the cottage cheese does not melt?

Poor quality cottage cheese. It lies in a lump in a water bath and does not want to melt at all. It will be great if you choose farm or village cottage cheese for making cheese, purchased from trusted sellers. Please note: at the market there is always a queue for such people to buy goods. I used both village cottage cheese and cottage cheese from the supermarket (in the photo recipe I have a product with 9% fat content)
Good cottage cheese begins to melt almost immediately. You shouldn’t wait 30-40 minutes thinking that the product is about to start melting. It’s better to immediately remove the container from the water bath and place the mixture into cheesecakes or cheesecakes.
If small lumps remain in the curd mixture, you can add an additional pinch of baking soda. Do not overdo it with the amount of soda; too much will spoil the taste of the product. Keep in mind that very small grains may disperse later during the cheese infusion.
Keep an eye on the melting time. If you keep the curd mass in a water bath, the reverse process may start and the mixture will begin to turn into curd again and clump.

I hope that my experience will be useful to you and you will get the best processed cheese at home, which will not even compare in taste to store-bought cheese. On our video channel on You Tube I posted a video recipe for processed cheese from cottage cheese, I hope you like it =)

Recipe for homemade processed cheese like “Yantar” - incredibly tasty and cheap

Hello, dear visitors of my blog. Until recently, I never even thought that you could make processed cheese at home. It turns out that it is so easy and fast, and I know for sure that it is made from fresh ingredients, without the addition of all kinds of thickeners, dyes and preservatives. And it tastes even better than the store-bought “Druzhba”. I will share with you the recipe and all the intricacies of preparation, there are important nuances. After all, without knowing the secrets, you can spoil the products.

Ingredients

To make homemade processed cheese you will need:

cottage cheese – 500 g;
milk – 50-80 ml;
egg – 1 piece;
butter – 100 g;
soda – 0.5 teaspoon. spoons;
salt – 0.5 teaspoon spoons;
sugar – 0.5 teaspoon spoons.

I took homemade one from the dairy aisle at the market and tasted it to make sure it was not sour, not too dry and without hard lumps. It is better, of course, to use fresh cottage cheese, prepared yourself from milk. It is not profitable to buy store-bought, and besides, I am not sure that it will be a natural product without the addition of starch and other components that reduce the cost.

It is important to take butter from 72% fat, but not margarine or a vegetable-oil mixture.

Cooking process

As I already said, processed cheese is very quick to prepare. I'll tell you everything step by step.

We will cook the cheese in a water bath. Therefore, in order not to waste time, fill the pan halfway with water to bring to a boil. While the water boils, we will have time to prepare the cottage cheese.
Grind the cottage cheese through a sieve or blend with a blender with a submersible knife attachment. Many housewives simply twist it through a meat grinder 2 times. It doesn’t matter what method, the main thing is that you get a homogeneous creamy mass without grains, like a paste. If the cottage cheese is very dry, you can add milk a little at a time, 1 tablespoon at a time.
Beat in 1 raw egg, add 100 g of softened butter.
Add salt, sugar, soda, ½ teaspoon each. DO NOT extinguish the soda!

When heated, baking soda (sodium bicarbonate), lactic acid and fats react with each other. This way the cottage cheese melts and you get processed cheese. If you want the cheese to become more liquid, you need to add more butter than indicated in the recipe. Therefore, it is better to add oil when the process has begun and you can clearly see that the cottage cheese is really melting.
Transfer the resulting homogeneous mass into a metal bowl or fireproof glass container and place in a steam bath so that the bottom of the bowl does not come into contact with water.

You need to stir constantly, especially separating it from the bottom and walls with a spatula. The mixture will become more and more homogeneous, viscous, and shiny. Look at the photo what the cottage cheese was like at first.

Later it began to melt and become more and more homogeneous.

Cook until the cottage cheese is completely dissolved, about 5-7 minutes. You can determine readiness by appearance.
Bring it to a taste that suits you. I usually taste it and add a little salt. If you want to make cheese with herbs or mushrooms, then you need to add them now.
Pour the hot melted cheese into prepared containers, pre-greased with butter. Once completely cooled, place in the refrigerator.

This time I poured it into a glass jar for a beautiful composition, but usually I use rectangular trays, like the one in the photo.
Store for no more than 14 days. From the specified amount of products I get about 600 g of finished cheese.

Natural processed cheese prepared at home is homogeneous, smooth and incredibly tasty. Spread it on a sandwich, add it to mushroom soup, salads, or as a filling for pita rolls.

I found videos for you and added them below, I recommend watching and seeing how easy and simple everything is.

What to add?

You can make processed cheese with different fillings that will add a special taste and aroma. For example, it turns out very appetizing and satisfying with:

mushrooms;
seasonings;
greens;
garlic;
paprika;
with added bacon;
olives;
sun-dried tomatoes;
ham;
shrimp;
crab sticks.

Choose what you prefer. But keep in mind that these products must undergo heat treatment.

If you add greens, they should be rinsed under running water, dried with a paper towel or napkin and added to the cheese 2 minutes before the end of cooking. If these are mushrooms, then they need to be fried and chopped.

Video on how to make processed cheese with bacon from the program “Everything Will Be Good”:

How to make processed cheese from cottage cheese

To make processed cheese from cottage cheese at home, you need, firstly, a clear and understandable recipe with a photo, and secondly, a certain skill. I will try to describe the process in the smallest nuances, and it is their correct implementation that is the key to success. I must admit right away that I did not cope with the task the first time. Although I already had some experience in home cheese making. Once upon a time I already tried to make cheese myself, it was hard cheese and the only thing I remember is that it was prepared from cottage cheese and milk, it turned out tasty, but very little. Therefore, it seemed to me that it would be quite easy to prepare processed cheese at home. I found a recipe where everything seemed to be written out simply and clearly, I tried to cook it, but it didn’t work out that way. It turned out that there are quite a few nuances in this simple matter. After 3 unsuccessful attempts, I finally came out with delicious homemade processed cheese. I will tell you about all my mistakes and failures below. I hope my story will help you avoid trouble and you will definitely succeed the first time. I would like to warn you right away that the main thing in preparing processed cheese from cottage cheese is the quality of the original product. If you come across cottage cheese with additives or made in violation of technology, it will not make cheese. Therefore, I advise you to take cottage cheese for the first time at the market, from a trusted seller (there is usually a queue of at least several buyers).

cottage cheese – 2 packs (450-500 g),
large egg – 1 pc.,
butter – 100 g,
salt - to taste,
soda – 1 tsp,
dried herbs, seasonings and spices - to taste.

How to make processed cheese from cottage cheese at home (recipe with photo)

The mixture for cooking cheese is prepared very quickly, so first place a saucepan filled with water about 2/3 full of water on the stove. Plus, you will additionally need a container of a smaller diameter than this saucepan, which can be used for a water bath. For me, this is a regular plastic container for the microwave. I put cottage cheese in it.

Add butter, chopped into cubes, to the cottage cheese. If the oil is completely icy, you can slightly melt it.

Next, add the egg and soda to the total mass.

Now we arm ourselves with a blender and turn the grainy curd mass into as homogeneous as possible. In the future, this will help get rid of harmful grains that do not want to melt completely. If you don’t have a blender, no problem! A regular fork will also work fine. Mash the mass with it as finely and uniformly as you can.

As soon as the water in the larger saucepan boils, reduce the heat on the burner to medium and place the curd mass in a water bath. It is important that the container with the cheese preparation does not touch the bottom of the pan with water.

After literally 2-3 minutes, you will notice that the curd mass slowly begins to melt and becomes viscous, like melted hard cheese.

We begin to intensively stir the mass until the curd grains are completely dissolved. As soon as they are all melted, remove the cheese from the water bath, add salt and herbs/seasonings to it to taste. In general, you can use any fillers to your taste as additives to processed cheese. I added a little paprika and a mixture of Italian herbs. A very tasty cheese is obtained by adding garlic and fresh herbs or finely chopped mushrooms. It turns out original and no less tasty with a sweet filling: jam, honey, jam, etc. The kids especially like this option.

Once again, intensively knead the cheese mass and pour it into prepared containers. After a couple of hours, the processed cheese will have cooled down and can be used. Homemade processed cheese can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 7 days. It can be spread on bread, added to pasta (it melts when hot, like regular cheese), made into snack rolls, etc.

Since I didn’t get the processed cheese right the first time, I’ll tell you a little about the difficulties that may arise in the process of preparing it.

Recipe 4: cheese melted at home from cottage cheese

egg - 1 pc. (I have a choice);
cottage cheese - 500 g (I have 9%);
sour cream 20% - 2 tbsp. l.;
salt - 1 tsp. (without slide);
soda - 1 tsp. (without slide);
fresh dill - a couple of sprigs.

Prepare food. Wash and dry the dill.

Finely chop the dill. Place cottage cheese in a saucepan, add egg and sour cream, salt and soda.

Using an immersion blender, mix all ingredients into a homogeneous mass.

Next, add chopped dill and mix again with a blender, but lightly, so that the dill is evenly distributed in the curd mass.

Place the pan with the resulting mass in a water bath. I took a large saucepan, poured water into it and put it on the fire. And then I simply put the saucepan with the curd mass in a large saucepan. Cook the melted cheese for 15 minutes. I did not leave the saucepan and constantly stirred the mixture.

After 15 minutes, the mass completely melted, became homogeneous and smooth. There weren't even grains of cottage cheese left.

Pour the resulting melted cottage cheese into a jar and refrigerate for a couple of hours until completely cooled.