would it be best to wrap the ingredients in some sort of
cheese cloth so they are easy to remove from the broth?
There was NO liquid at all in the bowl when I took it out so I had my doubts it would work (I couldn't find
a cheese cloth so I used an old clean scarf that looked almost like mousseline, that might have something to do with it...).
I was using what I think is called a muslin cloth and It kept getting clogged up... I just bought
a cheese cloth so we'll see how that goes next time
I used lime juice (not lemon), I let the almonds soak for about a whole day (I did peel them), I didn't have
cheese cloth so I used a coffee filter (it did drain), I set my oven to 350 and put them in before the oven pre-heated and set it for an hour (figured the oven would heat up in 15 min, so it'd be 45 min of cooking)... They were burnt on the bottom and sides and they were dry and brittle.
Not exact matches
By the way, I didn't use
cheese cloth for this - don't even know where to buy it here in France
so I used the alternative: hub's good old cotton handkerchief.
If using lemongrass pieces, wrapped them in
cheese cloth tied with string or put in a tea egg before adding to the broth,
so they can be removed from the soup before serving.
The
cheese cloth is HUGE (about 15 «x32»)
so it makes it
so easy to use!
For example, a lot of people recommend using
cheese cloth, which I just can not get onboard with,
so I'll show you what I prefer.
Spoon the mixture into
cheese cloth and hang the cheesecloth with the cashew cream «
cheese»
so that is elevated above a bowl or pitcher that collects the moisture that drips from the
cheese.
I like to use the pulp that's left behind in the
cheese cloth by baking it at a low temperature
so I can use it as flour.
Straining the liquid from the curds does require some
cheese cloth, but I've seen it sold at many grocery stores —
so it is not that difficult to come by.
Honestly,
cheese cloth is amazing and the grime comes out in the washing machine... and
so cheap
I then transferred the mixture to
cheese cloth and placed the mixture in a sealed sauerkraut crock (the kind with the lip of water around the edge — just the mixture inside the
cheese cloth and nothing else), and I let it sit for about 48 hours (a little longer than the recommended 36 hours — I live in a basement apartment in a cool climate,
so the temperature was around 60 degrees most of the time).
hi,
so i been making kefir for some time iv found i love pitted dates, blend in about 8 stoneless dates to 1 pint of kefir and a few drops of vanilla, if making
cheese kefir, i strain threw
cloth and i even drink the whey after, i was wondering if this is a good or bad idea?
Cheese cloth probably isn't fine enough to strain out the almond meal,
so if you're thinking of using that, I'd double it up.
A bonus is that the cottage
cheese in particular freezes well
so for the bother of boiling milk, straining through
cloth etc, you can make a larger amount and put some aside, which makes the bother a bit less bothersome if only by needing to be done less frequently.
Ms Dashtaki was renting space in the kitchen of an Egyptian restaurant where she and her father, «like elves before and after their working hours», lovingly cultured their yogurt under a blanket, then drained it through a certain kind of
cheese cloth, then stirred it for hours, and
so forth.
So here's the bottom line (my opinion to be exact): You can actually buy the de-glosser, scrub pads, stains,
cheese cloth, paint and gloss (water - based polyurethane) separately from the hardware store.