It makes no sense to list all the beneficial properties of milk, because they have long been known. It is not for nothing that we have been accustomed to milk porridge since childhood, and the grandmothers in the village treat themselves to a glass of fresh milk with homemade cookies or gingerbread cookies. This drink is always associated with kindness, care and benefit. But it is used not only for drinking, but also for food. Let's see what can be made from milk at home.
Simplicity is the key to health
Products such as cottage cheese, sour cream, kefir, fermented baked milk, cheese and many others consist mainly of milk. If you think about it, then for their manufacture almost nothing else is needed, with the exception of a couple of small additives. Moreover, they are all very similar in composition, but differ in consistency and taste. The whole point is in the method, or rather, in the process of their preparation. Some dairy products require special equipment (for example, a sour cream separator). And what can be made of milk without any devices? Quite a lot.
Cottage cheese is our friend
We will consider the most common and very popular products: cottage cheese, yogurt, cheese and ... condensed milk! Let's start with the first one. First you need to boil the milk, and then cool it to a temperature close to the temperature of our body (36-37 degrees). In a saucepan with milk, add sour cream or kefir (3 liters 3 tablespoons) and cover it with a lid. So it should stand for a day at room temperature. The next day we put our pan with milk in another, with boiling water. During this, the serum will separate and a milk clot will form. We need him. We hang it in gauze so that the excess liquid is in the glass, and we still have a gentle crumbly curd. Easy, right?
Yogurt without additives and without extra costs
Now we will tell you what can be made from milk for a healthy diet. It's about yogurt. You can prepare it in two ways: using sourdough or regular yogurt. First, boil the milk and cool. Then add sourdough (2-3 tablespoons per liter of milk) or natural yogurt (3-4 tablespoons per liter) to the pan. We take a heating pad and pour hot water into it. Pour milk with additives into a pan with a thick bottom and set on a heating pad. In the morning you can treat yourself to homemade yogurt.
Who does not like cheese, he did not try to cook it
What about making homemade cheese from milk? We will make "Ricotta" - unusually delicate in taste and texture. To do this, heat two liters of milk to 80 degrees, add sugar (a teaspoon), a pinch of salt and 30 grams of lemon juice to it. Having removed from the heat, constantly stir the milk: it should curl from lemon juice, and the cheese should separate. We shift it into a sieve and interfere for some more time. Then you need to cover our homemade "Ricotta" with gauze and leave for half an hour. So simple and inexpensive you can get an incredibly tasty Italian cheese.
Homemade condensed milk is something new
Do not forget about the dessert, which also belongs to the list of what can be made from milk. Of course, this is a sweet condensed milk since childhood. To make it, first we cook the syrup from sugar and water (2: 1). Then boil the milk and pour sugar syrup into it. We boil another 20 minutes, not forgetting to stir, and then reduce the heat to a minimum and cook for 2 hours. Such homemade condensed milk is not scary to give children to gobble up with tea, because it absolutely does not contain harmful additives in the form of flavors, preservatives and others.
Cow, goat ... what difference does it make!
By the way, the article is about any milk. So, you can cook the listed products from goat milk. They will have a special refined taste, and in usefulness even surpass the cows made of milk. You will especially enjoy goat cheese. You can cook in the same way as Ricotta. In Europe, it is included in the list of products that are a panacea for diseases. Try it, there will certainly be no harm.