How to make cream cheese like store-bought Philadelphia

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Cream cheese is popular in desserts, pancake fillings, and as a spread on sandwiches. However, its price is a bit high, and the composition is not always pleasing, so you can prepare it at home.

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The delicate texture, creamy taste and incredible number of variations in combination with other products make it universal in the kitchen of housewives.

Ingredients for 500 g of finished cream cheese:
400 g of natural yogurt (white, without additives)
400 g of full-fat sour cream (over 21% or homemade)
0.5 tsp salt
1 tsp. lemon juice
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You need to mix all the ingredients listed above.

Then put a colander on a bowl, on the colander – gauze folded in half or a thin cotton towel, and pour the sour cream mass.

Send to the refrigerator for at least 8 hours, and preferably overnight.

The whey will drain completely and the homemade Philadelphia cream cheese will be ready.