Farmers cheese (Tvorog)
The tvorog tastes smooth, creamy and incredibly delicious. It is ideal for breakfast, pastry, preparing and refining various dishes. With this recipe, you can make farmers cheese from just two ingredients.
Servings 260 g
Ingredients
- 1 l milk
- 350 g kefir
Instructions
- Pour milk into a thick-bottomed saucepan and heat to lukewarm.
- Stir kefir into the lukewarm milk and leave it covered with a towel at room temperature in as warm a place as possible (for example in the kitchen next to the hob) for 24 hours.
- Then heat the kefir milk mixture (it can still look almost fresh) slowly over a low heat for about 40 minutes, stirring it carefully once after about 20 minutes. As it warms up, milk flakes and whey will gradually form.
- Leave the milk mixture to cool.
- Place a sieve on a saucepan and line it with a straining cloth. Pour the milk mixture onto the sieve and allow the whey to drain into the pot.
- Now wrap the tvorog mixture in the straining cloth and pour it out.
- Leave the farmers cheese wrapped in the straining cloth in the sieve in the fridge for a few more hours to drain thoroughly.
- You can pour the whey into glass bottles or screw-top jars and store in the fridge.
Notes
- Instead of kefir, you can make tvorog with lemon juice. Read how to do it in the article above.
- You should not dispose of the resulting whey. It is suitable for drinking pure, for making smoothies and for pastries.
- The homemade farmers cheese tastes delicious both sweet and savory. You can eat it with sour cream, fruits and nuts for breakfast or dessert. The tvorog can also be used to prepare many dishes. You can find lots of ideas at the top of this article.
- Note the detailed tips and tricks for making the tvorog at the top of the article.