DIY Cream Cheese
Chantal introduced me to this great idea! The only ingredient you need is maas, or amasi.
It is really easy to make, tastes delicious, the kids eat it, and it is nutritious! I’ve made it a few times already.
You can add any flavour to your cream cheese. It tastes great just with salt, too! It makes a yummy dip for chips or veggies!
Maas is a fermented milk product, one of the staple foods in South Africa and Lesotho. It’s also known as amasi in South Africa.
It is made from full-cream pasteurized cow’s milk and contains beneficial strains of lactobacillus. This makes it good for gut health. Even people with lactose intolerance are able to tolerate maas.
Traditionally, it is made by storing milk in a calabash, clay pot, or hide sack. Today, modern methods involve inoculating pasteurized milk with lactic acid producing microbial organisms to cause fermentation.
We are lucky because we buy fresh maas made from fresh milk from our local farm stall.
