Queso Fresco (Fresh Cheese)
Make on Fresco
This recipe is so delicious. And EASY. You will be very impressed with yourself. Look at you, making fresh cheese! Well done.
There are some things that just make you feel good. Making fresh cheese is one of those things for me. It is magical to see the curds and whey do their thing. Then to eat the delicious, creamy result, with tons of flavour thrown at it, truly the way I like to eat. Fresh, simple, home made and completely delicious. Go give it a whirl. (Not too much of a whirl, but a whirl, none the less!) Good luck.
(Oh and make sure you premake yourself a batch of the Nutty Seeded Crackers to go with it...you can thank me later!)
We do have a few cheesy recipes on this site, if you are an Insider you will know that we are busy making our own mozzarella in all its glory!
Go check these out and join us:
Homemade Thermomix Mozzarella Cheese
Thermomix Savoury Mozzarella Pinwheels
Brown Butter Burrata Pumpkin Caprese Salad
Need
- 1.5 Litre whole milk BUY
- 200 Grams cream BUY
- 3 x 20 Grams fresh lemon juice
- 1 Pinch pink salt flakes plus some more for serving BUY
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To Serve;
- Truffle oil
- Finely grated zest 1-2 lemons
- dried red chilli flakes
- Fresh leafy herbs of choice
- Nutty Seeded Crackers or Crackers of choice Recipe
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) BUY
- cracked pepper etc
Do
- 1
Place milk, cream and a pinch of salt into Thermomix bowl and cook 13 min/100°C/speed 2.
- 2
Cook 13 min/50°C/speed 2.
- 3
Add 20g lemon juice and stir 3 sec/speed 2. Repeat twice with remaining lemon juice.
- 4
Allow mixture to stand in Thermomix bowl for about 30 minutes.
- 5
Line a sieve with a quadruple layer of cheesecloth and place it over a large bowl.
- 6
Pour mixture out into sieve and drain off the whey. Squeeze the cheese solids gently to remove excess whey. Reserve whey for other uses.
- 7
Wrap the cheese tightly into a ball and allow it to hang to drain over a sink for an hour or so.
- 8
Serve with any or all accompaniments as listed.
More
We have loads of ideas for using the whey HERE.
Served with
Tenina Holder is a wife, mother of five and grandmother of eight, who started cooking in the olden days before Thermomix was even a thing.
Tenina has become the premium go to source for all Thermomix expertise and of course fresh and easy recipes that work. Her cooking classes and foodie trips are sold out in literally hours, her cookbooks appear on the Australian best seller lists and her social reach is in the millions. Her Insider Club is the most fun you can have with a Thermomix and you really should join her! She believes chocolate, butter and salt are health foods. Her food positivity mantra is, eat everything, just not all at once!
