How To Make Your Own Cottage Cheese

Homemade cottage cheese in a wooden bowl with milk, a wooden spoon, and fresh mint on a rustic woode.

Make your own cottage cheese at home!

I’m not a huge fan of Cottage cheese from the shop – and it usually ends up as some sort of alien life form in the back of the fridge.  But did you know it is really really easy to make it yourself at home?

Yep – super easy!

You will need some muslin cloth for this recipe, you can pick up muslin cloth from the baby section of your local supermarket (yep you can use that!) or pop into somewhere like Lincraft and pick up 1/2 metre or so.  A large colander or strainer is needed to.

The salt in the recipe is just a guide, so make sure you taste it as you go, and add more if needed.

How To Make Your Own Cottage Cheese

Recipe by Stay at Home Mum
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Course: DipsCuisine: AustralianDifficulty: Easy
Servings
+

500

grams
Prep time

10

minutes
Cooking time

10

minutes
Calories

70

kcal
Total time

20

minutes

Fresh, creamy, and surprisingly easy, making your own cottage cheese at home is both fun and frugal. Perfect for adding to salads, spreads, or savoury dishes, this DIY recipe guarantees wholesome flavour without additives.

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Ingredients

  • 2 litre Milk

  • 4 tbsp White vinegar

  • 1 Salt to taste

Directions

  • In a medium-size saucepan, add the two litres of milk and heat gently until you see small bubbles rise at the edges.
  • Turn off the heat at this stage and add the white vinegar and a couple of pinches of salt to taste.
  • Stir the mixture gently until curds form and then leave it on the stove to sit for about 20 minutes.
  • Pour the curds into a muslin cloth lined colander and let it drain gently for an hour before placing it in the fridge.
  • Place in a sealed container.

Notes

  • Cottage Cheese can be refrigerated for up to three days sealed in a container.
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Clare Whitfield Chief Editor
Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney, she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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