Saturday, May 23, 2020

Paneer 101

Diy cream cheese. I spooned  the last of the whole milk yogurt into a cheesecloth-lined sieve over a bowl, lid on, and left it overnight in the fridge.

And here's how it went this morning, ending in the last of the lentil bread with a spread of cream cheese for breakfast







Nothing wasted. The whey will go into soup.  The crumbs from breakfast lentil bread out for the birds.

Damp and warm this morning. After I tossed out the crumbs, I stood at the window breathing the lilac scent and the smell of damp earth, listening to the birds arguing, and was glad all over again that we chose this house.

9 comments:

  1. You are such a fine and frugal woman of the house!

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  2. Yogurt would never get that far in our house because I'd be eating it as is. I love yogurt - and cottage cheese - and any kind of cheese.

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    1. I buy eating yogurt and cooking yogurt. Same stuff but it helps avoid finishing it up and then needing some.

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  3. I had a swirl of paneer on my afternoon caramel nut tart. Great combo, sharp yogurt taste, nut texture and caramel infused (posh) dough. Highly recommended.

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  4. Ive been calling it paneer, but that's the cream cheese you make by collecting milk curds after you boil and sour the milk. Shoulda been saying labneh all along.

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  5. Thank you!
    I've been trying to make drained cottage cheese for over a month.
    With all the fruit around, there hasn't been enough left after snacking. Reading your blog post here, I realize I should buy 2 cottage cheese. lol

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    1. Yes. They've repealed the law about one cottage cheese at a time. I get into a one at a time frame of mind, and it's good to examine that scarcity mindset now and then.

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