Make homemade citrus cheese using just one orange in boiling milk. Quick and tasty, here is the recipe.
Few people make cheese at home , often for fear that it will take too long or be complicated . With the recipe that we will see today, however, in a few hours and with a few euros you can enjoy a fresh and natural citrus cheese . To prepare it we only need oranges, lemons and milk .
Why make homemade cheese with an orange in boiling milk
Making cheese at home is useful for several reasons . First of all, 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 maturation . This results in a healthier and more natural product than industrially produced cheeses .
In addition, you can 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 also be a treat for the palate .
How to Make Citrus Cheese
To make our tasty citrus cheese , we will need: 2 liters of milk , two lemons , an orange and 1 teaspoon of salt. Let’s start by pouring two liters of milk into a saucepan and bring it to a boil .
While the milk is heating, let’s take two lemons . Remove the peels and set aside , then squeeze the lemons in a juicer . At this point, pour the lemon juice into a bowl , filtering it through a sieve . Let’s move on to the orange : remove the peel and set aside , remove the zest from the segments and cut them into small pieces.
Now let’s go back to the milk and add a teaspoon of salt . Then add the lemon juice and the chopped orange . Let it act for 5 minutes , and at the end we will get curdled milk . At this point we can remove the pan from the heat and transfer the curdled milk into a mold .
As a mold you could consider using a small colander covered with a cloth . This way we can pour the cheese on the cloth inside the colander and add a bowl underneath so that the whey that will be produced by the cheese can be filtered and drained inside the bowl . After that we cover the cheese with the cloth and add a weight , for example a pot .
We leave the cheese under load for at least an hour , then we can transfer it to the refrigerator for 2 hours . In the end, we will obtain a tasty citrus cheese that will also serve as a dessert with ricotta and orange .
Prepare a citrus herbal tea with the peels
This recipe does not generate any waste . For this, we can also use the orange and lemon peels that we have previously reserved . We will use them to prepare a citrus-flavored herbal tea. To do this, we cut the citrus peels that we have reserved into small pieces, place them in a kettle and add boiling water . Then, we let everything infuse for a few minutes. We will thus obtain a tasty and fragrant herbal tea to drink in moments of relaxation.
