Creamy homemade ricotta

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Ricotta – Italian specialties, traditional Italian cream cheese. Without it it is impossible to imagine almost every Italian dish is ravioli, lasagna, vegetables and desserts. There are several types of ricotta: Ricotta fresca - fresh soft white cheese used for toppings, salads, desserts, pizza, pasta; Ricotta salata is a Mature and salty cheese used in grated form instead of Parmesan cheese; Ricotta affumicata - smoked cheese, used alone or in grated form. The range of cheeses offered by the stores in our city, I meet fresh ricotta (fresca). Its something I suggest to prepare at home. Without lemon juice!!! (as only two offered on the website recipes) with cream, through natural fermentation, I turned, not afraid of the word, GORGEOUS, natural, delicious, creamy ricotta, and a hundred times tastier than store-bought (even the Italian, standing considerable money)! Besides the obvious savings, my ricotta has a much more creamy texture and smooth taste! Offer You, dear cooks, to enjoy it!!!

Ingredients for Creamy homemade ricotta

Step by step instruction of cooking Creamy homemade ricotta

Шаг 1

Pour the milk into a saucepan (not an enamel, avoid burning during heating). Unfortunately, in our supermarkets, I have not found milk from Parmalat in large boxes, bought in boxes of 200ml. Pour the cream and put the sour cream, mix well.

Close the lid and put in a warm place until fermentation - until thick. I just left on the stove. Products must be room temperature (not fridge). Milk can be heated to lukewarm before adding the cream and sour cream.

Шаг 2

I have the contents of the saucepan have squarelos 6 hours. Patiently waiting for this moment (if the house is cold, you may need more time, but wait, do not heat the milk ahead of time!). No lemon juice, no need to add, let the product ripen naturally. To be honest, a little apprehensive, "sour" if milk, packaged in Tetra - surprisingly, everything turned out fine!

Шаг 3

When the saucepan was formed of thick sour milk, put it on the SMALL FIRE heated, but IN ANY CASE NOT INTERFERE, so as not to damage the clot! Is only allowed to make a cruciform incision to the best warm-up weight. To boil IN ANY CASE NOT to BRING! Heated until hot.

Шаг 4

Turn off the heat again, cover with a lid and leave our future to the ricotta to cool and Mature for not less than 12 hours! In the process of maturation formed serum. In my experience I can say that this serum would be much less than in conventional cooking cheese from milk, and it will be a little thicker, more viscous. In the pictures I tried to show it.

Шаг 5

After 12 hours of maturation make this arrangement: in a bowl put the gnocchi in a colander Stela of cheesecloth, folded in 4 layers.

Шаг 6

Carefully pour contents of saucepan in marlechku.

Шаг 7

We tied a gauze over a basin (the basin drains whey).

Шаг 8

Wait until drain all the whey. With ricotta, I waited 6 hours (drains slower than normal cottage cheese whey). Our bag after this time decreasing in volume.

Шаг 9

Remove the cheesecloth with the ricotta.

Шаг 10

Ricotta put in bowl. Turned out 800 grams!

Шаг 11

So, ricotta is ready! Creamy, tender, delicious! Know exactly to buy the ricotta I will not! And what You want!