Easy Homemade Ricotta Cheese Recipe

Name: Easy Homemade Ricotta Cheese Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Full cream (fat) milk 1 litre; Heavy cream 0.5 cup; Lemon juice 3 tbsp; Salt 0.25 tsp

by Sumit Malhotra

4 Cups

20 min

Ricotta Cheese is usually used for savoury or sweet dishes for breakfast, lunch, dinner and especially dessert. Ricotta is a dairy product rather than a true cheese, which is made from the whey that is leftover from the production of mozzarella cheese.

Easy Homemade Ricotta Cheese Recipe

Ricotta cheese is made with just 4 ingredients and is really simple to make. When made at home it works out to be fairly economical, rich and creamy. Milk, lemon juice, cream some salt and about a half-hour of your time — that’s all you need to make a batch of fresh, creamy homemade ricotta. This ricotta recipe is incredibly easy and foolproof. And, if you are in India you already know how to since you are already an expert in making paneer or cottage cheese.

Milk boiled. Add salt, cream & lemon juice.

Strain & separate

Ricotta cheese is ready

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Yield 4 Cups
Time spent: Prep time: 5 Minutes Cook time: 15 Minutes Total time: 20 min

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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.

Tips

Always use full-fat or full cream milk for making ricotta from scratch as it gives the best results.
If you like very creamy ricotta, drain the curds for about 10 minutes. For a firmer ricotta cheese drain the curds for about 20 minutes.

Easy Homemade Ricotta Cheese Recipe

Easy Homemade Ricotta Cheese Recipe

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