Cooking Recipe Ricotta Cheese
Recipe Ingredients
1 qt
Milk
2 tb
Lemon juice
Directions
Put the milk in saucepan over low heat and bring to the scalding
point 150 F. Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice, the milk will
curdle. Let the mix sit without refrigeration for 2 - 12 hours. This
is the mellowing process and it seems the more patient you are the
mellower the cheese. Put 2 thicknesses of cheesecloth in a strainer
and put strainer over a bowl, Pour the cheese mixture in and allow
the whey to drain several hours until the curd is dry. This is a
Mennonite recipe.