How to make farmers cheese
I don’t really have much of a reason to post this other than an attempt to counter the idiotic recipes for farmers cheese out there on the internet. For example, in this vid, the person dirties 6 dishes, uses a shit load of salt, vinegar, and what not. She stirs this, squeezes that, sprinkles this; whole milk only pasteurized once, etc.
Most of the recipes for farmers cheese are similar.
To hell with that.
My wife, who is from Ukraine, makes farmers cheese all the time. We consume vast quantities of the stuff. It’s tasty and nutritious. It’s so simple that you don’t need a video to demonstrate it.
1) Take a gallon jug of whatever milk you like (we use 2%) and remove about 1/2 cup of milk. Pasteurized once, twice? A million times? Who gives a shit. We get ours from Costco.
2) Put about 2 TBS of sour cream inside of the jug.
3) Set the jug on the counter and leave it there for a couple of days.
4) Place the jug inside of a pot of water (enough water to reach at least half way up the jug) and bring the water to a boil. Let it boil for about 20 minutes.
5) Carefully slosh the contents around to mix it a little bit. It’s hot so be careful.
6) Pour the contents into a cheesecloth lined colander and let it sit for a couple of hours.
7) Enjoy your farmers cheese. Store it inside of an air tight container in the fridge.
The only dish that gets dirtied is the colander. No stirring, sprinkling, twisting.
Much, much easier.