Sooner or later, everyone is faced with the question: “Is it possible to freeze cottage cheese?”. After all, it is desirable to eat fresh cottage cheese for 2-3 days, and then only if it is stored in the refrigerator.
Sooner or later, everyone is faced with the question: “Is it possible to freeze cottage cheese?”. After all, it is desirable to eat fresh cottage cheese for 2-3 days, and then only if it is stored in the refrigerator.
It turns out that cottage cheese can be frozen, and then used to make dough, cheesecakes, cottage cheese casseroles. If you freeze freshly prepared cottage cheese, then after defrosting it can be consumed fresh, and if you freeze cottage cheese after 1-2 days of storage in the refrigerator, then use it to prepare dishes in which the cottage cheese will be cooked.
After defrosting the cottage cheese, whey will stand out in a small amount, which must be drained. Defrost cottage cheese in the refrigerator on the bottom shelf if you will use it fresh. If the cottage cheese is then subjected to heat treatment, then it can be thawed on the table at room temperature.
It is very profitable to freeze homemade cottage cheese during periods when it is cheap on the market, and then use it in winter, when the price of cottage cheese rises significantly.
Recipes with cottage cheese
Step 1
For work, we need cottage cheese, a spoon, a container for freezing.
Step 2
For freezing, it is better to choose freshly prepared homemade cottage cheese. Before freezing, remove the whey from the cottage cheese as much as possible by placing it in gauze under a small press or hanging it in gauze for 2-3 hours.
Step 3
Place cottage cheese in a plastic freezer container. At the same time, press the cottage cheese with a spoon in order to compact it as much as possible in the container.
Step 4
Close the container with a lid and send it to the freezer for storage.