Simple Way to Prepare Quick Queso Fresco - Homemade

Queso Fresco - Homemade.

Queso Fresco - Homemade

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I'm gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, queso fresco - homemade. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Queso Fresco - Homemade is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It's appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it's quick, it tastes yummy. Queso Fresco - Homemade is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have queso fresco - homemade using 5 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Queso Fresco - Homemade:

{Get 1 gallon of Whole Milk.
{Get 1 cup of White Vinegar.
{Make ready 2 of Rounded tablespoons salt.
{Prepare 2 of Rounded tablespoons dried Basil.
{Make ready 2 of Rounded tablespoons dried Roma tomato flakes.

Instructions to make Queso Fresco - Homemade:

Slowly heat milk in a stainless steel kettle to about 190°F. Stir often to avoid scalding..
I use a digital thermometer to monitor the temp..
When tempurature hits about 185°F stir in the basil, then the tomato..
When the tempurature hits 190°F stir in the vinegar and turn off the heat..
Set a timer for 10 minutes and cover kettle. The milk will begin to curdle..
Line a colander with cheese cloth and set on a large kettle. Slowly pour the curdled milk through the cheese cloth..
Be carefull with this next step as the cheese is still quit hot..
Wrap up the curd in the cheese cloth and squeeze out as much liquid as you can. Remove the cheese and press it into a glass container..
Cover glass container and put in frig to cool. Once cool and firm, cheese is ready to eat. It will last about 2 weeks in the frig..
I cube this cheese and mix with chopped kalamata olives and a little olive oil and use it on salads, or in an egg omlet. You can also add cubed summer sausage, or make an anti-pasto..

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