Directions
- 1Pour the milk into a big pot.
- 2Heat the milk on medium to low heat until it reaches 200 degrees, stirring often to prevent burning.
- 3Add a fourth of a cup of lemon juice to the milk.
- 4Mix the milk and lemon juice until it starts to curdle.
- 5Remove from heat, cover, and let sit until fully curdled.
- 6Strain the curdled milk using a strainer lined with a cloth napkin over a bowl to catch the liquid.
- 7Help the liquid go through by gently stirring with a spoon.
- 8Scoop out the cheese curds with a slotted spatula.
- 9Wrap the cheese curds in the cloth napkin and tie it up.
- 10Hang the tied napkin to allow the remaining liquid to drip out.
- 11Once cool enough to handle, squeeze out excess liquid.
- 12For cream cheese, blend half of the farmer's cheese.
- 13Mix blackberries into the blended cream cheese to make blackberry cream cheese.
Ingredients
- 1 gallon whole milk
- 0.25 cup lemon juice
Equipment
big potstovemeasuring cupstrainercloth napkinbowl
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