Ricotta cheese is used in tons of awesome dishes and making it yourself is ultra simple and way way better than store-bought.

What you need:
Whole Milk - 2 Qts
Heavy Cream - 1 Cup
Lemon Juice - 2 Tsp
White Wine Vinegar - 1 Tsp
Salt - 1/2 Tsp
Cheese Cloth


What to do:
Set a sieve (drainer) inside a large bowl and line the sieve with doubled-up cheese cloth. Also, squeeze a lemon for your juice instead of using packaged (because why make food from scratch without fresh stuff).




Pour the whole milk, heavy cream and salt into a large pot and slowly bring it to a boil (start at low heat then move to medium to boil).




Reduce heat to low/simmer, add the lemon juice and white wine vinegar. Now stir constantly (slowly) for about 2-4 minutes while the solids separate.
Next, pour everything into the sieve. Let the liquid drain into the bowl, emptying it when necessary. Let the cheese drain and the solid that is left is fresh, yummy ricotta cheese. I drain for about 25 minutes. A longer drain = thicker cheese.




You can refrigerate the ricotta safely for 3 days or more sometimes. Enjoy!

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I love making ricotta, it's so much better when it's fresh.

I make some once or twice a month for lasagna.

wow, thanks for this receipe a lot! How much ricotta does this receipe make?

Haven't tried this recipe yet (I will soon tho), but I'm guessing it yields max 2 cups of ricotta.

awesome!

Sorry, yeah, 2 cups is approx. how much you get.

Ou I might try this, thanks ^.^