Homemade cream cheese

Hello friend cook! This week I come with a surprise that you are going to love: homemade cream cheese . If you are a lover of this delicacy, the ideas that I am going to give you below will make you fall in love.
You will see, when you make this easy recipe for cream cheese type Philadelphia you will not want to lose it because as you already know this cheese is very versatile, you can use it to spread on bread, dress, make creams, fillings, sauces and a huge amount of salty and sweet recipes. In addition, this type of spread cheese is quite soft and fresh, so it goes in very well at any time and especially now that summer is coming.
I am going to explain this recipe to you step by step so that you know how to make homemade cream cheese in a very simple way, you won’t believe it when you see how easy it is. I’m also going to teach you how to prepare it with flavors. What more could you want.
So let’s get to work, rather, to cheese !!!

How to make cream cheese:

Ingredients:

• 500 gr. unsweetened plain yogurt
• A level teaspoon of salt

Step by Step:

1. You need a bowl, a strainer, gauze, or a clean cotton cloth.
2. Put the yogurt with the cloth in the strainer, and the strainer on top of the bowl. Add the salt and cover.
3. Let it rest in the refrigerator for 24 hours to release the serum.
4. After that time you take it out of the fridge and drain the cheesecloth well to remove the liquid and remove the cheese.
5. Store it in an airtight container in the refrigerator until you are going to consume it.

Cream cheese with chives:

1. Cut the onion and chives and put them in the blender glass. Add the cream cheese and beat until creamy.
2. If you see that it is very dense you can add a little milk and stir until it gives the desired texture.
3. Store in a closed container in the fridge until you want to use it.

Ingredients:

• 200 gr. cream cheese
• 1/2 onion
• 3 stalks of chives
• 1 teaspoon of chopped parsley
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• Salt

Cream cheese with tomato and basil:

Ingredients:

• 250 gr. cream cheese
• 200 gr. of tomatoes
• 1/2 cup basil, chopped
• 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil
• Salt
• Pepper

Step by Step:

1. Take the cream cheese out of the fridge to make it soft.
2. Wash and dice the tomatoes.
3. Put the cheese, tomatoes, basil and oil in a bowl. Salt and pepper to taste and mix it.
4. Let it rest for half an hour and that’s it.

Cream cheese with candied fruit:

Ingredients:

• 200 gr. cream cheese
• 1/2 cup of cream
• 1 cup of very chopped candied fruit (orange, cherries, pears, plums, etc.)
• 1/2 cup of very chopped nuts (walnuts, almonds, pine nuts, etc.)
• Nutmeg to taste
• 1 pinch of ground cloves

Step by Step:

1. Beat the cheese until fluffy, add the cream and mix well.
2. Add the candied fruit and walnuts, stir well and season with the nutmeg and cloves.
3. Put it in the fridge until it’s time to serve it.

Cream cheese with walnuts and cream cheese with avocado:

You can watch my video or visit my salmon roll recipe. In both I explain how to do them.
If you like creams, here I show you how to make broccoli cream.