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Fresh Ricotta
Recipe Summary
prep: 30 mins
total: 45 mins
Yield: Makes 2 3/4 cups
Ingredients
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8 cups (1/2 gallon) best-quality whole milk
1 1/2 cups best-quality heavy cream
1 teaspoon coarse salt
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice (from 2 lemons), strained to remove pulp
Stewed Rhubarb (optional)
Cook's Notes
Fresh ricotta may be an uncomplicated cheese, but it’s far from plain. Serve a fluffy mound of it (instead of butter) with bread, or add it to a bowl of pasta. And combined with honey and figs, it yields an all-in-one fruit-and-cheese plate. Brilliant.Don’t waste the protein-rich whey that drains out of the ricotta curds. Freeze it in ice-cube trays and use in smoothies, or simply enjoy it as is, poured over ice.
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Fresh Ricotta
Recipe Summary
prep: 30 mins
total: 45 mins
Yield: Makes 2 3/4 cups
Gallery
Fresh Ricotta
Fresh Ricotta
Fresh Ricotta
Recipe Summary
prep: 30 mins
total: 45 mins
Yield: Makes 2 3/4 cups
Recipe Summary
prep: 30 mins
total: 45 mins
Yield: Makes 2 3/4 cups
prep: 30 mins
total: 45 mins
prep:
30 mins
total:
45 mins
Yield: Makes 2 3/4 cups
Makes 2 3/4 cups
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 8 cups (1/2 gallon) best-quality whole milk
- 1 1/2 cups best-quality heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon coarse salt
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice (from 2 lemons), strained to remove pulp
- Stewed Rhubarb (optional)
Directions
Combine milk, cream, and salt in a 4- to 5-quart pot, and warm mixture over medium-high heat, stirring frequently with a wooden spoon to prevent scorching, until mixture registers 195 degrees on a candy thermometer. It should take about 15 minutes.
Add lemon juice, gently stirring until just combined. Remove pot from heat and let stand 5 minutes. The combination of the acid and the residual heat in the mixture will cause it to coagulate, or curdle – separating into a soft mass (curds) and a cloudy liquid (whey).
After lining a mesh colander with a triple layer of cheesecloth and placing it inside a deeper, slightly larger bowl, gently pour curds and whey into colander. Let mixture stand, pouring off whey occasionally, until most of whey has drained from still-wet curds, 20 minutes.
Gather up ricotta in cheesecloth and turn it out into a bowl. Serve within a few hours, or refrigerate up to 4 days. For a denser ricotta, which can be preferable for baking, hang it to drain for another hour. Repurpose whey or discard it.
Cook's Notes
Fresh ricotta may be an uncomplicated cheese, but it’s far from plain. Serve a fluffy mound of it (instead of butter) with bread, or add it to a bowl of pasta. And combined with honey and figs, it yields an all-in-one fruit-and-cheese plate. Brilliant.Don’t waste the protein-rich whey that drains out of the ricotta curds. Freeze it in ice-cube trays and use in smoothies, or simply enjoy it as is, poured over ice.
Cook’s Notes
Fresh ricotta may be an uncomplicated cheese, but it’s far from plain. Serve a fluffy mound of it (instead of butter) with bread, or add it to a bowl of pasta. And combined with honey and figs, it yields an all-in-one fruit-and-cheese plate. Brilliant.Don’t waste the protein-rich whey that drains out of the ricotta curds. Freeze it in ice-cube trays and use in smoothies, or simply enjoy it as is, poured over ice.
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Reviews (4)
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99 Ratings
5 star values:
14
4 star values:
22
3 star values:
35
2 star values:
20
1 star values:
8
Add Rating & Review
99 Ratings
5 star values:
14
4 star values:
22
3 star values:
35
2 star values:
20
1 star values:
8
99 Ratings
5 star values:
14
4 star values:
22
3 star values:
35
2 star values:
20
1 star values:
8
99 Ratings
5 star values:
14
4 star values:
22
3 star values:
35
2 star values:
20
1 star values:
8
- 5 star values:
- 14
- 4 star values:
- 22
- 3 star values:
- 35
- 2 star values:
- 20
- 1 star values:
- 8
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
09/14/2013
Mine didn't curd up with that amount of lemon so I doubled it and it worked.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
08/18/2013
Very easy, very good! My cheese turned out perfectly the first time I made it. Making it again now, a week later, for pizza!
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
06/04/2013
This is absolutely wonderful! The best I've ever had. I was raised on ricotta from the Italian deli, and it cant compare to this! I made it for my Mom's birthday for the whole family. I doubled the recipe, and they ate it all! So creamy and delicious.. I hung it a little longer than the recipe says, cause I wanted it a little dryer. But next time I wont because I think creamier is better! This is sooooo good!
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
06/02/2013
this looks dangerously easy!
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
09/14/2013
Mine didn't curd up with that amount of lemon so I doubled it and it worked.
Rating: Unrated
Rating: Unrated
08/18/2013
Very easy, very good! My cheese turned out perfectly the first time I made it. Making it again now, a week later, for pizza!
Rating: Unrated
06/04/2013
This is absolutely wonderful! The best I've ever had. I was raised on ricotta from the Italian deli, and it cant compare to this! I made it for my Mom's birthday for the whole family. I doubled the recipe, and they ate it all! So creamy and delicious.. I hung it a little longer than the recipe says, cause I wanted it a little dryer. But next time I wont because I think creamier is better! This is sooooo good!
Rating: Unrated
06/02/2013
this looks dangerously easy!
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