Dry curd cottage cheese ...

chyloet

anybody know where I can buy it? I googled and found numerous recipes but no retail info. Thanks

muitobem

If you cannot find it in the store, you have two options. One is to simply put cottage cheese in a colander and rinse it well to remove the extra dairy and then let it dry. The other option is to make homemade farmer's cheese using the recipe below.





Dry curd cheese

1 gallon milk, whole or skim

1/2 cup instant nonfat dry milk

1 cup buttermilk

1 tablespoon salt

Pour the milk into a 6-quart, heavy pot and add the dry milk.

Bring the milk to around 86 degrees then add the buttermilk and stir well.

Keep the milk at 86 degrees for 12 hours. When done, cut the formed curd into 1/2-inch pieces. Raise the temperature in the curd pan to 100 to 104 degrees.

Cook for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally to keep the curd from sticking.

Line a colander with clean cheesecloth or muslin cloth.

Scoop out the curd into the colander. Allow to drain for several minutes, then rinse curd in lukewarm water. Allow to drain for several more minutes.

Place drained curd into a bowl. Sprinkle with salt and mix evenly.

Put into a covered container and chill.

Makes about 11/2 pounds.

servilia

I always find it in the dairy section of the supermarket next to the regular cottage cheese. Just be aware it's in different packaging. The mushy regular cottage cheese is in those tubs, similar to sour cream/margarine, while all the dry curd cottage cheese I've seen is in a cube-shaped softer plastic packaging (at least in my neck of the woods - Ontario). Also note it might be labeled as "Pressed Dry Cottage Cheese".