A little while ago I have received an unexpected present from my daughter-in-law Kim, it was a cheese making kit. I have heard of them but never had an opportunity to try it. Here was my chance.
After reading it all very carefully I decided to make ricotta. I made sure I had all the ingredients ready and started.
The recipe calls for 8 pints of milk – I didn’t want to use that much so I halved the amounts. All was fine but in the end it didn’t make very much curds and the whey didn’t look like whey should but like milk. I decided to rescue the situation by repeating the whole process and used the full amount of citric acid. It worked, it all looked as it should and the result is a full bowl of delicious ricotta.
It will keep in the fridge for a number of days and I will make ricotta gnocci, as I have managed to get some Italian 00 flour.
I have that one too. The mozzarella is awesome!
My granddaughter tried the Mozzarella but didn’t like it. I have halved the amount of milk and also of the citric acid, that didn’t work and like I said, I did it again with the full amount of citric acid and the cheese was just delicious. Not sure if I’m brave enough to try the mozzarella, I think I’ll make another ricotta.