Homemade Cream Cheese – The Labneh Way | Stampinup Stephanypollard

This recipe video is inspired past times a Lebanese yogurt cheese spread called Labneh, but I decided to telephone telephone it homemade cream cheese because my sources deep within Google tell me that “cream cheese” is searched for to a greater extent than oft than “labneh.” In fairness, as well as amongst apologies to my Lebanese fans, it actually is almost identical inward texture as well as mouthfeel.

Like I nation inward the video, the sense of savor is a flake bolder as well as tangier than that materials from Philly, but when is that always a bad thing? Michele establish approximately amazing sheep’s milk yogurt at a local farmer’s market, as well as it was incredible inward this, but I've used regular yogurt as well as it plant wonderfully every bit well.

You tin rank notice run it every bit yous would whatever commercial cream cheese, but the dearest as well as pistachio variation I tacked on to the terminate would brand for a memorable vacation brunch addition. On the savory side, yous can’t vanquish exactly drizzling over approximately olive stone oil as well as eating every bit a spread amongst crispy breadstuff or pita chips.

Most recipes for this nation yous tin rank notice consume it later ane day, but I actually mean value the two-day “aging” as well as pressing procedure does neat things. The sense of savor mellows out a bit, as well as the texture gets fifty-fifty denser as well as richer feeling. Besides, if yous don’t press it, yous won’t move those signature, as well as ultra sexy cheesecloth textile marks! I promise yous rank this homemade cream cheese a sweat soon. Enjoy!

Ingredients for close 2 heaping cups of cream cheese:

1 quart yogurt, sweat to move something actually squeamish from a dairy, or run Greek-style

1 tsp kosher common salt or to sense of savor

cheesecloth
*If needed, run a newspaper towel to blot off whatever additional wet that come upward to the transcend during the 2-day pressing inward the fridge.

Note: I’ve solely made this ane way, as well as thus I’m non certain what happens if yous deviate from the recipe as well as run low-fat yogurt, etc. Let me know if yous sweat something different!