How to Use Yogurt to Replace Cream Cheese
- 1). Buy unflavored, unsweetened yogurt that is free of stabilizers, gums or gelatin.
- 2). Line a colander with two or three layers of chesecloth, or with a single layer of coffee filter. Place the colander into a bowl, leaving at least 2 inches between the bottom of the colander and the interior bottom of the bowl.
- 3). Pour or spoon the yogurt into the lined colander.
- 4). Cover the bowl and colander with plastic wrap, foil or a towel and place it in the refrigerator for at least two hours and up to 24 hours.
- 5). Remove the bowl from the refrigerator and pour off the liquid that has drained from the yogurt. Put what remains of the yogurt --- a thicker mixture referred to as yogurt cheese --- into a container with a lid and use it right away or store it in the refrigerator for no more than a week.
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