The Test Kitchen: How to Make Fresh Ricotta - Gourmet Magazine

[grekito]

IF YOU DO NOT HAVE HEAVY CREAM WHAT CAN YOU SUBSTITUTED FOR?

[mino3d1]

thanks, very shirt explanation and very clear, thanks again!!!

[DCUPtoejuice]

Gina, is it really appropriate to not remove the mozzarella first? I am actually interested in ricotta impastata. Any tips?

[Novinte]

Those boobs are freaking huge and yummi. I mean the cheese.

[skitzo429]

im pretty sure this is just fromage blanc, ricotta isnt made from milk its made from whey

[wjmortician]

Thank you for this good video and recipe. I am going to make it soon.

[leannecamille21]

can you use something else than a cheesecloth or can not use a cheesecloth

[famileri]

wow did u see the tits on it?

[TaterGumfries]

You can make gjetost from the whey too. Look it up on the wikipedia

[2010fatimae]

for up to how long can you store it in the frigde?

[121261Italo]

GOOD!!

[1lingwood]

why in two hours

[SuttonSantiniPaulo]

I guess breast milk is organic right?

[raficsulejmanovic]

What she is demonstrating is similar to making paneer. Anyway, I just wonder how the "real ricotta" (made from whey) taste different from the one shown here?

[grubasjo]

This is paneer indian chees.

[magicalhats]

okay, okay, we all get it, enough with the "this is not REAL ricotta". for people like me where ricotta is hard to come by, this is more then good enough.

[thesku11s]

Ricotta is "Whey Cheese"

it is supposed to be made from the leftover whey when to curd has been removed to make some other form of cheese.

[AgentMerk]

I can show you how to churn my cheese up Gina. Oooow touch it in the kitcheeeen!

[McPearnox]

There is a fair amount of confusion about ricotta.

To make ricotta you start with the whey she is throwing away, boil it again (thus the word ricotta - cooked twice), and let it cool. New curds will form - very delicate ones - which you carefully strain. That is ricotta.

Ricotta is thus a biproduct of making cheese.

What this person is making tastes nice, but is not ricotta, it is quark.

[gertie2u2]

Real ricotta is made from whey. In a real cheese maker's, they either take whey from mozzarella as 2020abcd said, or they make cottage cheese with the curds, which is what she's saving in the cheese cloth. They cook whey & use rennet to make real riccota. What is sold in most grocery stores is not real riccota but it is easier and cheaper to make. I wouldn't judge food on what's sold in grocery in the US.

[psyace]

I'm no expert but I have heard that 80% of the Ricotta Cheese we buy at stores doesn't come from whey but from a process similar to this.

[alguienPLC]

lol

[2020abcd]

Ricotta is made from cooking the whey, usually the whey remaining from making mozzarella. Ricotta means to re cook, ie recooking the whey. The resulting cheese has a very fine texture...this recipe is very similar to Indian cottage cheese called paneer, which is made by curdling milk with lemon juice only. Ricotta uses rennet for curdling....anyways, this recipe is well-presented.

[ReenBlom]

This is not Ricotta, this is some sort of cottage cheese or quark, Ricotta is made of whey, that very water you advice to 'throw away'.... otherwise a nice recipe!

[thebronzedago]

Great recipe!

[mukwah1111]

NO NO NO dont throw away the liquid whey....use it to make bread with.....it adds a great flavour & tenderness to your loaf

[GreekVegetarianRecip]

@mukwah1111 Totally agree! How wasteful to throw the whey away! Put a bit more milk in it, boil it, put vinegar in to make more cheese (the real ricotta?).

OR put it in the blender with some cantaloupe and orange juice...super delicious Indian fruit drink.

Wash your face with it. But don't throw it away.

And thanks mukwah1111, I will try it in making bread.

[SammyBDJ]

thank you for the recipe