Homemade Ricotta Cheese Recipe
Traditional ricotta cheese is made from whey. This easy homemade ricotta cheese recipe is super easy, creamy, and way better than the store ricotta cheese. Ricotta Cheese is usually used for savoury or sweet dishes for breakfast, lunch, dinner and especially dessert.
Ingredients
- 1 litre Full cream fat milk
- 0.5 cup Heavy cream
- 3 tbsp Lemon juice
- 0.25 tsp Salt
Instructions
- Line a large sieve with a cheese or muslin cloth.
- Add 2 tbsp water in a heavy bottom pan and when the water starts boiling, add milk, cream and salt to the pan. The same way you do while making kheer. This prevents scorching of milk.
- When the milk starts to boil, remove the pan from the heat.
- Add lemon juice in the milk and stir gently to combine. This leads to the start of milk's curdling.
- Let it rest for 5 minutes.
- Pour the curdled milk in the sieve and let it drain for about 10 minutes. You can drain it for longer depending on how wet or dry you prefer your ricotta.
- You can use your fresh ricotta right away or refrigerate it in an airtight container for up to a week.