Pickled cheese, which is loved by many gourmets, is not difficult to buy today; large stores offer several varieties of feta cheese. However, many housewives prefer to soak feta cheese according to old proven recipes.
It is necessary
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- cheese;
- wooden box or ceramic plate;
- milk or water.
Instructions
Step 1
Soak the feta cheese according to an old recipe. Pour goat (ideally) or pasteurized skim milk into a flat sealed wooden box, preheating it to 32-34 degrees in carefully washed earthenware. Dip the cheese and let the milk saturate it.
Step 2
Add the rennet that needs to be infused. Rennet is a complex organic substance produced by the stomach of a newborn calf. Supplied in the form of white or light gray powder and odorless. Buy, possibly at pharmacies.
Step 3
Shake the box and close the lid tightly. Throw a shawl or blanket over the top. Place the cheese in a warm, dark place for a day or two.
Step 4
Modern housewives soak feta cheese in water. Pour warm boiled water into a container and dip salt into it. Cover and leave for 6-8 hours. During this time, the cheese will give up all the salt and become much softer. Never use metal containers for soaking, prefer ceramics or plastic.
Step 5
Please note that in no case should you pour boiling water over the cheese, as this coagulates the protein, loses fat, salt is poorly excreted, the nutritional value of the cheese decreases, impairing its taste. Due to its severity, feta cheese is contraindicated for people with diseases of the circulatory system, liver, pancreas and kidneys.
Step 6
Cheese goes on sale after 20 days, and sometimes after two months of soaking in brine, due to which it becomes spicy and salty. If the edges of the feta cheese are slightly dry, it means that it went on sale for a long time, and, naturally, has lost most of its nutrients. Unlike most cheeses, its surface does not have a crust, because the mass fraction of fat, which is an indicator of taste and usefulness, must be at least 40%.
