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Crowdie Cheese is Scottish cheese is a low-fat, soft cheese with a mild sour taste meant to be used as a fresh cheese. It is reminiscent of cottage cheese.

It is made with skimmed milk curdled with rennet. Sometimes sour cream is added and can also be flavoured with herbs.

Crowdie Cheese used to be eaten mixed with a bit of cream. It is also good on oatcakes or with fruit.

It is sold in tubs or in a log shape. Brands of Crowdie Cheese include Crannog, Gruth Dhu and Hramsa.

To make Crowdie Cheese at home, you let unpasteurized milk sour, skimming the cream off as it rises and use it for other purposes. As the milk sours, it will thicken (this won't work with pasteurized milk, it will just go bad.) The milk is then heated on the stovetop until it has curdled, then put in a muslin bag to allow the whey to drain off. The curds are mashed with salt, then enriched with some cream or sour cream if available.

The curd is sometimes pressed into a shape, and allowed to age, during which it develops a greyish rind.

History
Crowdie was made at home.

Some say it was made before the Vikings; some attribute it to the Vikings.

Now, lactic acid has to be added to the milk in making Crowdie Cheese, because the milk is pasteurized.

Language Notes
Crowdie Cheese is called "gruth" in Scots Gaelic.

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