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Can I make a decent cheese (I'm thinking for enchiladas) out of cottage cheese?

I have pepper jack and cheddar, but I don't think those are doing it for me.

I wish I had some fucking quesa fresca

Yeah I was thinking about doing that

If you do, you might want to through in a bit of the other two when you make the dish, just for texture and flavor balance.

Yeah. I was thinking about it maybe needing a little salt too.

salt would help a little with the moisture also.... don't overdo it though...


interested to hear how this turns out.

Yeah, I forgot salt. Salt will make it seem more like "proper" cheese. Probably best to add a little salt at first then salt to taste.

I'm interested as well. You could start a new food trend.

I don't think it is too new:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queso_blanco

I meant in a perhaps "Cheese: Impossible" sense.

exactly!!

curds are what cheese is made from. he's talking about squeezing out the whey and pressing it.

I love cottage cheese, especially with banana, rasberries, strawberries. God I love cottage cheese.

I have tried what you have tried.

I am not going to hijack this thread. Sorry we can have this conversation at dave's thread.

The nearest mexican restaurant doesn't have a liquor license :(

Stupid Pennsylvania liquor laws.

Thanks, I think I'm good though.

I made the sauce earlier and it turned out really good(I made the recipe up because I'm awesome like that)
I browned some onions, then added in water and chopped jalapenos and some hot sauce, sugar, chili powder, cumin, salt, and a little bit of tomato paste.

The filling is gonna be pulled pork. I cooked it, though I'm gonna brown a red onion tomorrow and then heat the pulled pork up with it.

My only remaining concern is the cheese. I'm getting rid of the whey from some cottage cheese, plus I have cheddar, pepper jack, and ricotta (though I don't want to use ricotta since it is italian-even though enchiladas = mexican lasagna.)