Syrian Cheese
Fresh homemade cheese made from milk and rennet, with black seed and mahleb optionally added for a lightly aromatic Syrian flavor.
A fresh homemade cheese made from milk and rennet, with optional black seed and mahleb for a lightly aromatic Syrian flavor.
Like a mild fresh cheese similar to farmer cheese.
This is a fresh cheese, so the texture is meant to be soft and mild rather than aged or sharp. The seeds are optional but add a familiar regional aroma.
Ingredients
- 5 kg Milk
- 5 cm Rennet, using a syringe
- 1 tablespoon Black seed
- 1 teaspoon Mahleb
- mentioned in the transcript Salt
Instructions
- Prepare the milk in a suitable pot according to the recipe.
- Add the rennet to the pot of milk, then leave the mixture until it curdles.
- Add the black seed to the cheese according to the quantities stated in the description.
- Add the quantity of mahleb stated in the description to the cheese.