Pickled cheese is a wonderful snack that can be eaten on its own, or can be used as a savory addition to a vegetable salad.
Recipe content:
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
Pickled cheeses have long delighted us with their presence in stores on premium shelves. They are sold in spiced oil, with the addition of shrimp, spices, herbs, etc. However, they have one drawback - high cost. Therefore, culinary specialists began to prepare such an excellent decent appetizer on their own, from which they have a huge number of rave reviews.
The resulting marinated cheese is very tasty, saturated with the aroma of peppers and herbs, unusually beautiful and moderately spicy. You can marinate absolutely any kind of cheese. The oil in which it is pickled will also not be lost. They can be used to dress salads, add when stewing meat, vegetables and other products.
You can serve this cheese as a snack with a glass of wine or frothy beer. Also, pickled cheese is suitable for use in all kinds of dishes, to which it gives a light piquancy and pungency. For example, it is used as one of the ingredients for salads or pizzas, where dishes immediately become more sophisticated and unusual. It is also suitable for creating festive canapes and baked goods.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 250 kcal.
- Servings - 100 g
- Cooking time - 2 days
Ingredients:
- Hard cheese - 100 g (any sort)
- Refined vegetable oil - 30 g
- Refined vegetable oil - 30 g
- Garlic - 2 cloves
- Lemon - 1/3 tsp
- Allspice peas - 4 pcs.
- Carnation - 1 bud
- Ground coriander - 0.5 tsp
- Hot red pepper - 1/4 tsp
Making pickled cheese
1. Cut the cheese into slices of any size. For example, cubes, slices, bars. But do not grate it, it should be just independent cheese pieces.
2. Find a convenient pickling container that closes tightly. For example, a glass or tin can, or a plastic container. Put pieces of cheese in this container.
3. Wash the lemon under running water, dry it with a paper towel, cut off the desired part from which to squeeze the juice.
4. Peel the garlic, wash and chop finely. If you wish, you can squeeze it through the garlic, then the appetizer will be more spicy.
5. Now prepare the sauce. Combine the following ingredients: vegetable oil, lemon juice, allspice peas, clove bud, chopped or squeezed garlic, ground coriander and hot red pepper. Stir the dressing well so that all the spices are evenly distributed.
6. Pour the prepared marinade over the cheese.
7. Close it with a lid and send to marinate in a cold place for 2 days. Although the pickling time can be different. If you like more spicy snacks, then leave the cheese for 3 days, less pungent - for a day.
See also the video recipe for making an appetizer - pickled cheese:
