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Delicate Cream Cheese

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United Kingdom

Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 7 ingredients

  1. Curd
  2. Strawberry
  3. Salt
  4. Must
  5. a gill of cream
  6. Whey
  7. Milk
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Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Strawberry High in vitamin C · Source of manganese

    High in vitamin C · 59 mg per 100 g, 74% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of blood vessels.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of bones.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of cartilage.
    11 more authorised claims
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of gums.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of skin.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of teeth.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal psychological function.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the regeneration of the reduced form of vitamin E.
    • Vitamin C increases iron absorption.

    Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble nutrient found in some foods. In the body, it acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals. NIH fact sheet

    Source of manganese · 0.4 mg per 100 g, 19% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Manganese contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Manganese contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.
    • Manganese contributes to the normal formation of connective tissue.
    1 more authorised claims
    • Manganese contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.

    Manganese is a mineral that your body needs to stay healthy. Your body uses manganese to make energy and protect your cells from damage. NIH fact sheet

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Strawberries, raw”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

Method

  1. Take to every quart of new milk a gill of cream, make the mixture slightly warm, and put into it as little rennet as may be necessary just to turn it.
  2. The curd being come, to use the language of the dairy, lay a cloth on the vat or mould, which may be the bottom of a -sieve, but should be the exact size of the intended cheese;
  3. then, cutting out the curd with a skimming dish, fill up the mould, turn the cloth over it, and leave it to drain.
  4. As the curd drains and settles, keep filling in more with agentle pressure, till all the whey is out, and there is sufficient substance for the cheese.
  5. It must be then turned into a dry cloth, and pressed with a moderate weight, not exceeding two pounds.
  6. At night, it is to be turned into a clean cloth ;
  7. and, the next morning, very slightly sprinkled with fine salt : after which, if sufficiently dry, it may be laid on a bed of fresh nettle, strawberry, or ash leaves;
  8. covered over with more;
  9. and, being shifted and turned twice a day, having the leaves occasionally renewed, will in less than a fortnight be sufficiently ripened for eating.
  10. If expedition be desirable, the maturity of the cheese may be considerably hastened by keeping it in a warm place, between two pewter dishes, and giving it a fresh bed and covering of leaves every day.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Spatula
  • Sieve
  • Colander