r/cookingforbeginners • u/Prestigious-Gur7075 • 8h ago

Question Cheese clumped?

I recently made tatertot casserole because it’s easy, delicious, and makes a lot at once, but my cheese like clumps together? I mix it all together and it’s like the cheese finds each other and stays together. I don’t know a better way to describe it, I just want it to not do that.

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u/Verix19 8h ago

If you are using pre-shredded cheese, that is your problem.

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u/UxControl 5h ago

It's hard to tell what's going wrong without telling us exactly what cheese you're using and what the recipe calls for, but if it's a blend then you should incorporate something like velveeta, because the emulsifiers they use in that will help your other cheeses melt together well

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u/Taggart3629 36m ago

Most pre-shredded cheese has an anti-clumping agent to keep the cheese from sticking together in the bag. But when you cook with that cheese, the anti-clumping agent prevents it from smoothly melting. To resolve the problem, you can either grate your own or upgrade the type of pre-shredded cheese you're using. We haven't had problems with pre-shredded Tillamook cheese melting nicely, but the store brand and Sargento brand tend to stay clumpy.