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Italian Cream Cheese

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Italy

Known as an Italian recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 5 ingredients

  1. four tablespoon fills of rum
  2. Lemons
  3. Must
  4. One and a half pints of thick sweet cream
  5. Sugar
Contains Milk Read from the ingredients, not verified. Check labels.

Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Lemon High in vitamin C · Source of protein

    High in vitamin C · 53 mg per 100 g, 66% 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 protein · 1.1 g per 100 g, 15% of the energy from protein

    • Protein contributes to a growth in muscle mass.
    • Protein contributes to the maintenance of muscle mass.
    • Protein contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Lemons, raw, without peel”, 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. One and a half pints of thick sweet cream, three lemons, of which the rind must be rubbed on sugar, as much sugar as is liked, and the juice of the lemons pressed through a cloth, and four tablespoon fills of rum.
  2. Whisk altogether in a basin until it is firm, then spread a piece of muslin in the colander, anil pour the mixture in, spread it quite even with a spoon, and stand for a night in a cool place.
  3. The colander must be stood on a plate to catch the liquid that will drop from the cheese, and before serving the cheese it must be carefully turned out of the colander on to a flat plate.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Whisk
  • Colander