{"id":24769,"date":"2024-05-15T14:50:18","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T11:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/quick-tofu-cheese\/"},"modified":"2023-01-26T19:50:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T17:50:46","slug":"quick-tofu-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/en\/quick-tofu-cheese\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Tofu Cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;Tofu cheese&#8221;,<br \/>\nIt doesn&#8217;t sound like the most refreshing and fun thing in the world,<br \/>\nBut this cheese definitely is!<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Beyond its eternal creaminess and the fact that it integrates with e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g,<br \/>\nIt\u2019s one of the most available and stunning things I have at home.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">I always have silken tofu packs in my cupboard.<br \/>\nEvery time I make something that requires a creamy and indulgent ingredient on the side, I take out the tofu<br \/>\ncubes and make this cheese.<br \/>\nSometimes I make it when I don&#8217;t have a muse and sometimes just when I want a good slice of bread and creamy cheese on top.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Why tofu and not regular cheese? simply because it\u2019s more available for us, and nutritious in a more<br \/>\nbalanced and healthy way.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Two seconds of work, and five days of fun waiting for you in the fridge for every meal.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Happy cream cheese days \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<div id=\"attachment_7838\" style=\"width: 1546px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7838\" class=\"wp-image-7838 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/LRM_EXPORT_87759343315871_20190731_171741827.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/LRM_EXPORT_87759343315871_20190731_171741827.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/LRM_EXPORT_87759343315871_20190731_171741827-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/LRM_EXPORT_87759343315871_20190731_171741827-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/LRM_EXPORT_87759343315871_20190731_171741827-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/LRM_EXPORT_87759343315871_20190731_171741827-1140x1520.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/LRM_EXPORT_87759343315871_20190731_171741827-1320x1760.jpeg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7838\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Quick Tofu Cheese. image: Essy Roz<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Quick Tofu Cheese<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\">1 block silken tofu (silk or soft, it&#8217;s the same product)<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Juice out of \u00bd a lemon<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\u00bd teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">3 tablespoons olive oil<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Add-ins to choose from according to your personal taste: 2 tablespoons of pesto \/ 1 teaspoon of paprika \/ 1 garlic clove \/ 5 dried tomatoes \/ 1 tablespoon olive tapenade \/ 1 teaspoon hyssop<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Steps:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\">In a bowl, put all the ingredients except the olive oil &#8211; the silken tofu block, lemon juice, salt, and the toppings (If you chose to add any) and grind well with a hand blender stick.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Slowly drizzle the olive oil into our mixture while grinding.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Taste and check if we don\u2019t lack saltiness or acidity. If so, adjust and add a little salt or lemon juice and mix again until the desired taste is reached.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">And that\u2019s it, the cheese is ready \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>A little extra from me:<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cheese can be kept in a sealed container between 4-5 days.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s important to drizzle a little olive oil on top of the cheese to help keep it fresh in the fridge.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This cheese is parve (According to Jewish dietary laws- kashrut).<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also make my Paprika Tofu Cheese<\/span> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/en\/paprika-tofu-cheese\/\"><span style=\"color: #cc99ff;\">Click here to view the recipe<\/span><\/a>).<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cheese will work wonderfully with good bread <\/span>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/en\/category\/recipes\/pastries\/breads\/\"><span style=\"color: #cc99ff;\">Click here to view the bread category<\/span><\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7838\" style=\"width: 1546px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7838\" class=\"wp-image-7838 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/LRM_EXPORT_87759343315871_20190731_171741827.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/LRM_EXPORT_87759343315871_20190731_171741827.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/LRM_EXPORT_87759343315871_20190731_171741827-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/LRM_EXPORT_87759343315871_20190731_171741827-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/LRM_EXPORT_87759343315871_20190731_171741827-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/LRM_EXPORT_87759343315871_20190731_171741827-1140x1520.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/LRM_EXPORT_87759343315871_20190731_171741827-1320x1760.jpeg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7838\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Quick Tofu Cheese. image: Essy Roz<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Tofu cheese&#8221;, It doesn&#8217;t sound like the most refreshing and fun thing in the world, But this cheese definitely is! Beyond its eternal creaminess and the fact that it integrates with e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g, It\u2019s one of the most available and stunning things I have at home. I always have silken tofu packs in my cupboard. Every time I make something that requires a creamy and indulgent ingredient on the side, I take out the tofu cubes and make this cheese. Sometimes I make it when I don&#8217;t have a muse and sometimes just when I want a good slice of bread and creamy cheese on top. Why tofu and not regular cheese? simply because it\u2019s more available for us, and nutritious in a more balanced and healthy way. Two seconds of work, and five days of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[196,311,208,211,238,277,209,199,245,200,214,201,207,197,233,222,198,278,225,236,308,202,232,296,299,309,312,235,310,428],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allergies","category-autumn-recipes","category-breakfast","category-brunch","category-children","category-cold-salads","category-dinner","category-egg-free","category-everyone-can","category-gluten-free","category-holidays","category-lactose-free","category-meals","category-nut-free","category-on-the-holiday-table","category-passover","category-peanut-free","category-salad-dressings","category-salads-and-soups","category-salty","category-seasons","category-sesame-seed-free","category-shavuot","category-side-dishes","category-spreads-and-dips","category-spring-recipes","category-summer-recipes","category-vegan","category-winter-recipes","category----en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24769"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24944,"href":"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24769\/revisions\/24944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essyroz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}