Two recipes for Philadelphia cheese at home / Recipes and Reality / Issue 11
Today in the episode I will try to make Philadelphia cheese at home. For my experiments I chose two recipes. The simplest one is Philadelphia cheese at home from yogurt and sour cream, and the second one is a recipe from professionals using special starters, enzymes and calcium chloride. They are so different that I decided to make both options at the same time and compare which one is most similar to real Philadelphia cheese.
Key moments of the video:
0:01:00 – Philadelphia cheese, simple recipe
0:02:06 – Philadelphia cheese, recipe from professionals
0:04:18 – compare the resulting cheeses and find out if they can replace Philadelphia cheese from the store :)
1. A simple recipe for Philadelphia cheese at home.
Ingredients:
Sour cream (fat content more than 20%, better 30-40%) - 200 g
Yogurt (natural fat content 3.5%, without additives, for example "Natural Activia") - 500 g
Fine salt - 0.5-1 teaspoon (to taste)
PRICE OF THE ISSUE:
Yogurt 500 g - 87.60 rubles.
Sour cream 200 g - 56.90 rubles.
TOTAL - 144.50 rubles.
PRODUCT YIELD - 300 g
2. Recipe for Philadelphia cheese at home from professionals.
(link to the source of information • Сливочный крем-сыр (Филадельфия) )
Ingredients:
Milk - 4 l;
Cream 20-25% - 1 l;
Calcium chloride (solution) - 1/8 tsp;
Mesophilic starter - ¼ tsp;
Rennet (aqueous solution) - 6-8 drops;
PRICE OF THE QUESTION:
Milk 4 l - 360 rubles;
Cream 1 l - 238 rubles;
TOTAL: 598 rubles.
PRODUCT YIELD - 850 g
And, when you make it for the first time, you will have to spend money on additional components:
Calcium chloride 10 g - 80 rubles. (1 package is designed for 800 l of milk);
Mesophilic starter 0.002 kg - 250 rubles. (I have some left for one more time);
Rennet 0.03 kg – 350 rubles. (One package is enough to curdle 250 liters of milk)
TOTAL: 680 rubles.
Bon appetit))