[RunnerDuck]

I'm making paneer today

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It seems to have turned out OK. But I am wondering... one time when I made it, it went sort of horribly wrong and didn't solidify so I ended up making stuffed shells with it instead! It was just like ricotta...

Has anyone ever tried pressing the hell out of ricotta?? I wonder if you could turn ricotta into paneer... or if they do something to it so that's as solid as it's gonna get??

 

[terrordactyl]

i dont think it would work that way. your best bet to make paneer hard tho is to kneed it like bread. and use lemon juice an not vinegar

 

[RunnerDuck]

I do use lemon but I have never heard to knead it. More details, please?? After it's drained? In cheese cloth or out of it?

The very first time I made it, it came out PERFECT. Have never been able to replicate it, LOL. Last night was pretty good, though. Not totally hard but hard enough to cut and mix in with my peas or feed to my babies as finger food. A little crumbling, but not bad.