Pickled cheese

Real culinary professionals know that sometimes even the most familiar and everyday food can play in a completely new way, the main thing is to make a little effort and show imagination. Often, new recipes for culinary products are completely accidental.

Sometimes hostesses have to go to tricks to preserve or improve the taste, and in addition, consumer characteristics of the food product. A striking example of this state of affairs can be pickled cheese.

Such a dairy food product as cheese is included in the list of the most ancient culinary products, the recipe for the preparation of which has been known to mankind for thousands of years. Over the long period of its existence, cheese has been able to conquer the vast majority of the world's population with its taste, aroma, and also consumer qualities.

The popularity of cheeses is evidenced by a colossal number of species, as well as product varieties. In cheese making, the following classification of cheeses is used: rennet, hard, soft and brine cheeses, and in addition, fermented milk and whey cheeses.

In addition to the above species, cheeses with mold are distinguished, as well as smoked and pickled cheeses. Pickled cheeses can be found on the shelves of modern grocery stores. However, foodies argue that even top-notch mass-produced pickled cheese cannot match a home-made product.

Using pickling, cheese can be turned into a savoury snack or salad ingredient. In addition, pickled cheese is used in the process of making canapés. The process of making homemade pickled cheese will not require you to spend a lot of time or money, and the result will pleasantly surprise.

In order to prepare pickled cheese at home, the following ingredients will be needed: cheese, you can use hard or soft varieties, ready-made mixtures of spicy Provence herbs, honey, lemon zest and olive oil. Instead of the Provence mixture, you can use Italian herbs or make the spice mixture yourself.

To do this, spices such as pussy or oregano, basil, as well as mint can be mixed. The cheese is diced and left in the marinade of the above ingredients for a few days. Pickled cheese works admirably with dry or dessert white wine, as well as liqueurs. Often pickled cheese is served accompanied by sweet fruits, as well as candied fruits.

You can make an unusual dessert with cottage cheese, pickled cheese and honey, you can also use jam. If you notice the sweet component of finely chopped fresh herbs, you get a tasty and healthy snack. It is worth noting that in cooking they use not only pickled cheese itself, but also oil marinade, which was used to prepare the product. Marinade is used as salad dressing.