Content
- Freeze cottage cheese - this is how you make this delicious cream
- Important preliminary remarks on freezing quark
- Freeze Quark - simple step-by-step guide
- Tips
- Thawing curd cheese - this is how it works best
- How Quark can change by freezing
- Tips
Homemade cottage cheese should not be frozen
Freeze cottage cheese - this is how you make this delicious cream
Have you bought significantly more Quark than you can enjoy with a clear conscience by the specified expiration date? No problem: just freeze the currently unneeded packaging. How exactly that works, we tell you now!
Important preliminary remarks on freezing quark
We explicitly advise you to freeze only packaged cottage cheese from the supermarket. You should not freeze homemade or already opened quark. The reasons are hygienic-sanitary nature.
While quark, butter and fresh, soft, hard and sliced cheese are suitable for freezing, you should keep creme fraiche, sour cream, thick milk and yoghurt out of the freezer. The latter products, after thawing, tend to become extremely flaky, which is both visually and tastily unpleasant.
Also, keep in mind that you should never freeze frozen and thawed foods again. Otherwise, pathogens can form in them - with very negative consequences for your health. This is true not only for quark, but in general.
Freeze Quark - simple step-by-step guide
- Put the packaged quark in a tin or box suitable for your freezer. Close the container firmly, that is absolutely airtight. Label the can or box with the current date to keep track of durability. Place the jar of cottage cheese in the freezer.
In the freezer, the quark has a life of about three months. During this time you should really use the delicious cream, so as not to take any health risks.
Tips
Store your quark packages individually (not two in the same container, even if it would save space). By portioning you are much more flexible in terms of the use of quark.
Thawing curd cheese - this is how it works best
We recommend that you take the frozen cottage cheese out of the freezer the night before and place it in the refrigerator overnight to let it thaw slowly.
Note: Avoid exposing the quark to thawing room temperature. Under such conditions, germs can form that endanger your health.
How Quark can change by freezing
As with any food, freezing and thawing on the quark is not without a trace. The cream can be easily changed by these massive effects. Here are the typical consequences at a glance:
Tips
To reduce the pieces, take a whisk to hand, With him you can quickly manage to cream the quark again. Add a dash of milk or cream and mix in the ingredient to help boost the creaminess.