In the simplest version, a minimum of products:
- cottage cheese with high fat content – 500 g;
- one egg;
- butter – 100 g;
- soda, salt - a teaspoon.
Cooking is easy. Remove the butter from the refrigerator in advance so that it melts slightly. The cottage cheese should be soft, so we rub it through a sieve. Mix all ingredients.
And we begin to carefully grind them with a masher. You can use a blender; with the help of this indispensable assistant, the process will go faster and better. If the cottage cheese is too dry, it is advisable to pour a spoon or two of milk into it. Then the mixture will become more liquid. In any case, the curd mass should turn out slightly oily and homogeneous.
Transfer it to a small saucepan.
We immerse this container in boiling water - in another large pan.A water bath emerges. Melt the cottage cheese on it until a thick, viscous mass is formed. It is necessary to constantly stir the cottage cheese with a spoon so that it melts not only intensively, but also evenly. It must be kept in a water bath for 10 minutes.
This is what melted cottage cheese looks like.
If desired, you can add seasoning to the cheese mixture to taste. For example, aromatic herbs, paprika, pepper, or all of this together.
Mix and pour into molds. These can be bowls, jars or small food containers.
Place the filled containers in the refrigerator and wait until their contents harden well.
Spread delicious melted cheese on bread, decorate with fresh vegetables and enjoy.
When the cheese mixture is still warm, you can add pieces of bacon, fried mushrooms, bell peppers and sun-dried tomatoes. It is better to offer children sweet fillings: preserves, jams, condensed milk. Everyone chooses their own taste for homemade processed cheese.
