Homemade cream cheese

Ingredients:

200-250 gm. freshly made cottage cheese*
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
50 gm. butter(preferably homemade butter)
100 ml. cream(preferably fresh cream)

Method:

Mix the cottage cheese with the baking soda, in a food processor, if possible, to make sure the soda is evenly distributed through the cheese, cover with plastic wrap and keep aside(in fridge) for at least 6 hours, preferably  overnight. After the setting time is over, put the cheese in a double bottomed pot and place on a medium-low flame, mixing it until it melts and gets a rubbery texture.

 Add salt, butter and cream , whisk well to incorporate all ingredients. Close the fire, add any other optional ingredients(garlic powder, mushrooms, olives, chillies etc.) , leave to cool a bit and pour in desired container.

*To make cottage cheese from fresh milk, just put 1-1.5 litre milk to boil. When it reaches boiling point, reduce the gas to keep milk from overflowing and add 1 tbsp. of vinegar to the milk, mix.If cheese didn't separate yet, add one more tbsp. and when the cheese and clear liquid(whey) have separated, pour in a strainer and leave to drain for 1-2 hours.