LITHUANIAN SWEET CHEESE “SURIS”
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Ingredients

  * 2 lbs. cottage cheese
  * 1 pt. sweet milk
  * 1 egg
  * 1/3 c. cream
  * 1 tbsp. butter
  * 1 tsp. caraway seed

Directions

  1. Bring milk to boil with cottage cheese.
  2. Heat mixture slowly until whey appears and strain with cheesecloth bag.
  3. Melt butter in large pan, add drained cottage cheese, egg, cream, salt.
  4. Heat mixture until it becomes thin and then becomes a thickened, gummy mass.
  5. Put into wet Cheese bag, press out air spaces and tighten with string.
  6. Dip bag into cold water for a few minutes.
  7. Drain and press between 2 boards to get a smooth Cheese. Remove cloth and put in refrigerator. It will keep up to two weeks.

This is something I just found online and am interested in trying. I think the technique is unusual,  but I’m new to cheese making and anyway, what’s normal, after all? It’s all tasty to me. A colleague of mine is Lithuanian and we had a discussion about Lithuanian cheese this morning, so I went searching and found this worth sharing.
-Bobbie