Today, cheeses are rarely cooked by hand. To do this, use modern equipment, strictly adhering to the recipe and production technology. Cheese will always be considered a special product in the diet of people of any age. Today we’ll talk about one of the most popular and widespread German products worldwide, called Almette. In all its parameters, this cheese is similar to cottage cheese, it is prepared from high-quality cow's milk. Cheesemakers themselves claim that seven liters of milk are spent on creating one kilogram of this product. Let's get to know German cheese closer.
Almette Composition
To prepare this product, milk must be adjusted according to the level of fat content. This event is very important and contributes to the achievement of high quality cheese. It includes pasteurized milk and natural yogurt. So, milk is well beaten to the consistency of cottage cheese, it is subjected to heat treatment to increase shelf life. Last but not least, yogurt and some additives are added to the mass to improve the taste. Of course, Almette cheese, cooked at home, will not contain any “chemistry”. Therefore, its taste may slightly differ from the factory product.
Today, on the shelves of shops you can find German cheese with the taste of herbs, cucumbers, garlic and so on.
What is served with?
This cheese is served as a component of all kinds of snacks. Various sauces or mashed soups are prepared from it. Very often this product acts as a mass for sandwiches, which is spread with bread, and put meat, fish or greens on top. A similar mass can be prepared independently. To do this, fatty cottage cheese, processed cheese, yogurt are thoroughly ground, add salt and spices, herbs and garlic, mix and spread bread. However, consider a few recipes on how to cook Almette cream cheese .
A simple recipe for Almette cheese
Ingredients : three liters of cow's milk, one tablespoon of acetic acid, two tablespoons of salt.
Cooking
Milk is poured into a bowl, pour salt, heated to a boil over medium heat, add vinegar (the mass should curl) and cook for two minutes. Then a gauze is covered with gauze and the milk mass is poured into it. Suspended for two hours, during which time the liquid should drain. Then it is squeezed, and the resulting mixture is placed under pressure in a cold place for eight hours. So do almette - cheese, in consistency similar to cottage cheese.
Almette with vegetables
Ingredients : two hundred and fifty grams of fat, tender cottage cheese, one hundred grams of butter, one stalk of celery, half a cucumber, five sprigs of dill, salt to taste.
Cooking
Curd without grains is put in a blender, add soft butter, sliced cucumber and celery, chopped dill and salt, beat well. Thus, homemade almette (cheese) is ready! It can be spread on bread or used to prepare many dishes, such as lasagna.
It should be noted that celery can be replaced with a sheet of Beijing cabbage, and cucumber with non-hot ketchup. In general, vegetables are chosen according to your taste and discretion.
Almette at home
Ingredients : one liter of kefir, fifty grams of dill, five cloves of garlic, half a tablespoon of dry paprika, salt to taste.
Cooking
Kefir is pre-frozen in the freezer. The colander is covered with two layers of gauze, put kefir in it and put over the dishes to excess glass liquid. After the mass unfreezes, a gentle curd mixture will appear in the colander, and there will be serum in the dishes. This mixture is transferred to a bowl, spices, crushed garlic and chopped herbs are added. Stir and leave for two hours in a cold place, so that it is infused. After this time, Almette (cheese) will be ready.
Paprika, dill and garlic are often replaced with minced cucumbers or ham. With such a mass, it is good to spread bread and use it as a sandwich.
Appetizer with mushrooms and spices: Almette (cheese)
Ingredients : fat cottage cheese, cream cheese, natural yogurt or sour cream, as well as pickled champignons or fresh cucumbers, herbs, garlic, paprika, cumin, salt.
Cooking
The same volume of cottage cheese and cheese is mixed, brought to a homogeneous consistency, wiping through a sieve several times. Add yogurt or sour cream to taste. Cucumbers or mushrooms, herbs, garlic finely chopped, add spices, salt and put everything in the curd mass, mix thoroughly. This mixture is left in a cold place for one hour. Ready cheese is served with chips or tartlets. And you can form balls from this mass, roll them in chopped greens of dill or parsley and serve as a snack.
Thus, it is not difficult to cook Almette cheese yourself. For this you need only fresh natural products that are available in our time to almost every chef.