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Sliced homemade cheese on a serving tray.
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Homemade Cheese Recipe (4 Ingredients)

This homemade cheese couldn't be any easier to whip up in your kitchen. With just four simple ingredients, you'll get an irresistibly tasty wheel of cheese!
Course Appetizer, Snack
Cuisine American
Keyword cheese recipe, homemade cheese
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 14 Servings
Calories 123kcal
Author Natalya Drozhzhin

Ingredients

  • 1 qt whole milk
  • 4 eggs
  • 16 oz sour cream
  • 2 tbsp salt

Instructions

  • In a large pot, bring the milk to a boil over medium-heat. Stir the milk occasionally so it doesn't stick to the bottom of the pan.
    Pot of milk on a stove top.
  • In a large bowl, whisk the eggs with the salt. Whisk in the sour cream until the mixture is smooth and even.
    Sour cream and eggs whisked in a bowl.
  • As you continuously stir, pour the egg mixture into the boiling milk. Let the mixture cook for 7 minutes, stirring it every so often to prevent sticking. Cook until curls up. Allow it to cool to a room temperature.
    Pot with cheese ingredients on a stove top.
  • Line a colander with cheesecloth and pour the mixture through.
    Cheese in a cheese cloth.
  • Gather the cloth around the cheese and squeeze out as much of the milk as you can. Place the cheesecloth-wrapped cheese on a plate and place something heavy on top to weigh it down. Allow it to sit for at least 5 hours.
    Pot on top of a cheese.
  • Refrigerate the cheese until you're ready to use it. Enjoy!
    Sliced homemade cheese on a serving tray.

Nutrition

Calories: 123kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 74mg | Sodium: 1050mg | Potassium: 159mg | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 379IU | Vitamin C: 0.3mg | Calcium: 124mg | Iron: 0.3mg