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Easy and Delicious Homemade Ricotta Cheese

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40 min

Easy and Delicious Homemade Ricotta Cheese

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Time

40 min

Serving

8 persons

Calories

158

Rating

4.00★ (8)

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Author: Victoria Buriak
A lovely creamy cheese which is very easy to make! Even my sister who refused to eat the cheese at first ended up loving it! This is a fail-safe recipe in our household, I have made it time and time again. To cheese or not to cheese...that is never the question!

Ingredients

  • ½ cups whole milk: 8 piece
  • lemon juice: 0.33333 cup
  • salt: 1 tsp (optional)

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  1. Pour milk into a saucepan set over medium heat. Heat milk until it registers 194 degrees F (90 degrees C) on an instant-read thermometer, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
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  2. Stir lemon juice and salt slowly into warmed milk. Let stand until milk curdles, 10 to 15 minutes.
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  3. Line a fine-mesh strainer with cheesecloth and place it over a large bowl. Pour milk mixture carefully into the lined strainer. Let stand until most of the liquid has drained off the ricotta, about 15 minutes. Discard drained liquid.
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