Homemade Cottage Cheese or Queso Fresco or Paneer. Pour the water into a nonstick pot and place it on the gas on high heat. (This will prevent the milk from sticking to the bottom of the pan and burning.) Now pour milk into the pot and bring it to a boil. Keep stirring in between to prevent milk from burning. As soon as it starts to boil, add vinegar and lemon juice, stirring continuously, and reduce the heat to medium.
(This is the curdling process or the main stage in this entire process.) Keep stirring the solution till milk completely curdles and you are left with lumps of a fragile cheese-like substance along with residual water (water becomes pale green or cream in color). Stir for 2 more minutes and then switch off the heat. Fill a small airtight jar with the curdled water (which can be used later for curdling milk in future). Using a sieve or cheesecloth, drain water from the freshly made cheese and rinse with fresh water, then drain again. Store the cheese in an airtight container or jar in the fridge for later use. Homemade Marscapone Cheese.
Homemade Garlic Powder. Preserved Lemons. 1. Place 2 tablespoons of salt in the bottom of a sterilized jar. (To sterilize a jar, cook the jar in boiling water for a few minutes and let dry). 2. One by one, prepare the lemons. Cut off any stems from the lemons and the cut them each into 8 wedges. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. PS: This makes a great gift.
Basic Wonton Wrappers Recipe! 1. Into a big mixing bowl, sift the flour. Reserve. 2. In another bowl, whisk together the egg, salt and the 1/4 cup of cold water. Reserve. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. DIY Veggie Broth. Place the veggie scraps in the bottom of a large stock pot. Add 1 cup of water and turn the heat to high. As the veggies begin to thaw and sweat, they will become very fragrant. I was using a stainless steel stock pot so I added about 1 teaspoon of oil just to make sure that nothing stuck to the bottom. Add another cup of water, the herbs, salt and peppercorns and stir frequently until the vegetables are fragrant thawed fully. Cover with the remainder of the water. Bring to a simmer. Allow the stock to cool fully.
Notes: You can use any mixture of vegetable scraps to make homemade broth, and interchange the herbs and spices for whatever you like or have on hand.