Make homemade citrus cheese using just one orange in boiling milk. Quick and tasty, here is the recipe.
Not many people make cheese at home , often for fear that it will take too long or be complicated . With the recipe we will see today, however, in a few hours and with just a few euros you can enjoy a fresh and natural citrus cheese . To prepare it we only need oranges, lemons and milk .
Why make cheese at home with an orange in boiling milk?
Making cheese at home is useful for several reasons . Firstly, it allows you to have a fresh and high-quality product , since you can personally control each stage of production , from the choice of milk to the ripening . The result is a healthier and more natural product than industrially produced cheeses .
You can also customize the cheese according to your tastes by adding ingredients such as aromatic herbs or spices . Making cheese at home is a fun and educational activity , even for the little ones . And with the recipe that we will explain in the following paragraph, it will be a feast for the palate as well.
How to make citrus cheese
To make our tasty citrus cheese , we will need: 2 liters of milk , two lemons , one orange and 1 teaspoon of salt. Let’s start by pouring two liters of milk into a saucepan and bringing it to a boil .
While the milk is heating , take two lemons . Remove the peels and set them aside , then squeeze the lemons in a citrus juicer . At this point, pour the lemon juice into a bowl , filtering it through a sieve . Moving on to the orange : remove the peel and set it aside , remove the zest from the segments and cut them into small pieces.
Now back to the milk , add a teaspoon of salt . Then add the lemon juice and the chopped orange . Let it sit for 5 minutes , and at the end you will have curdled milk . At this point you can remove the saucepan from the heat and pour the curdled milk into a mould .
As a mould you could consider using a small strainer covered with a cloth . This way we can pour the cheese onto the cloth inside the strainer, and add a bowl underneath so that the whey that will produce the cheese can filter and drain into the bowl . Then we cover the cheese with the cloth and add a weight , for example a jar .
We leave the cheese under charge for at least one hour , then we can put it in the refrigerator for 2 hours . At the end we will obtain a tasty citrus cheese to also serve as a ricotta and orange dessert .
Prepare a citrus herb infusion with the peels.
This recipe is a must-have . We can also use the orange and lemon peels that we previously reserved . We will use them to prepare an infusion of aromatic citrus herbs. To do this, we cut the peels of the citrus fruits that we have reserved into small pieces, place them in a teapot and add boiling water . Then, we let everything infuse for a few minutes. And thus we will obtain a tasty and fragrant infusion to drink in moments of relaxation.
