Soft cheese

[Annpan]

I am in the middle of munching into a baked potato smtohered in soft-cheese, but it is Philidelphia. In my recent re-birth into a greener, more ethical consumer I had failed to notice that Phil. is made by Kraft (I only have it once, or twice a year)

Can anyone suggest alternatives please.

I don't link stinky cheese and 'unpasturised' scares me a bit. I use it to make cheesecake so I basically want an identical, organic and non-kraft alternative.

[red]

you could strain yogurt and make labneh, which is pretty similar to soft cheese....but dunno if that would make into cheese cake.

often cheese shops and deli's have soft cheese... course it might stil lbe made by kraft..

[Clara]

Make your own! It´s very easy just involves heating milk, adding lemon juice or vinegar and straining - addig herbs and salt if you wish. ´Fraid you´d have to google it to be sure of quantities and point at which acid is added - can´t remember exact details right now.

If you press this cheese after straining, it will turn into something like halloumi - yum.

[MsWildFlower]

Why is Kraft a baddie?

[Green Rosie]

Why is Kraft a baddie?

I wanted to ask that too

[contadina]

Kraft are pretty much the embodiment of chemically-laden over-processed plastic food.

I remember a conversation I had with a bunch of US and Canadian students when they were all reminiscing (in a, we were so poor, this was all we could afford kind of way) about Kraft dinners - a student "macaroni and cheese" staple that cost peanuts, cooked in seconds but was bright orange - hmmm...or should I say yuck!

[Annpan]

Yes... Kraft 'cheesy pasta' smothered with HP brown sauce was a student fave Until my sister bought me 'cooking for blokes' Which changed my eating habits some what.

I'll need to do proper research but Kraft are one of those HUGE multi-national companies that are into everything and they are (or were) the largest food manufacurer in the world... therefore they have pretty much (along with Nestle) have a monopoly on food prices and working standards world wide... The opposite of buying local, sustainable produce.

Thanks for the ideas guys, I think I'll try making my own, I'll google the details.

[Smooth Hound]

Make your own! It´s very easy just involves heating milk, adding lemon juice or vinegar and straining - addig herbs and salt if you wish. ´Fraid you´d have to google it to be sure of quantities and point at which acid is added - can´t remember exact details right now.

If you press this cheese after straining, it will turn into something like halloumi - yum.

bet that would be nice with chopped dehydrated fruit like apricot in it, or chopped chives

[ina]

When you make your own in that way, it doesn't turn out like Philadelphia at all. It'll be very nice cheese, but nothing like the cream cheese you are used to, so the cheesecake would be very different, too. Cream cheese, well - ergh - it has a lot of cream in it... Very high fat content, so you'd have to make it with cream rather than milk! I would maybe try it if ever you get lots of cream close to sell buy date for a fraction of the normal price...

[snapdragon]

No Need to google this one - called Paneer

A friend sent me the link and I intend trying it as soon as I have 'too much' milk

[red]

much that I love paneer.. its not the same as cream cheese


might try making my own paneer tho.. love sag paneer..