Labne

Description: Middle Eastern Style yoghurt cheese

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ingredients

Fresh

1 kg thick natural yoghurt (eg greek style)

Pantry

1 or 2 tspn salt
Clean muslin

method

1 Line a large bowl with muslin with sufficient at ends to tie together
2 Mix salt into yoghurt in container
3 Empty into muslin and bring ends of muslin together and tie
4 Suspend yoghurt in muslin above bowl in fridge for 1 - 2 days
5 Turn onto plate, drizzle with good olive oil and garnish with herbs or sprinkle with paprika

tips

Serve with crackers as dip or with salad Tie muslin with string and attach to wire shelf in fridge with bowl underneath. In winter, yoghurt can "hang" out of fridge. There is also a sweet version of this where vanilla sugar replaces the salt. See Sweet Labne.
Muslin is available at haberdashery stores, stores such as Lincraft, or some good kitchen stores

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