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The only ricotta recipe you will ever need!! Easy, basic and so delicious!

RECIPE:
1/2 Gallon of Whole Milk
1/4 cup of Distilled white Vinegar
1 tsp of Salt
Printable recipe: http://www.laurainthekitchen.com

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00:00 – Intro
01:23 – Heat Up The Milk
03:08 – Add Vinegar
04:41 – Drain Ricotta
06:10 – Pulse The Ricotta
08:26 – Dig In!

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31 Comments

  1. I heard that the ricotta cheese used to make the filling of cannoli in Sicily uses goat’s milk! If only I could find that much goat’s milk in my country (Philippines lol), then I would try to make this! ❤

  2. Looks delicious, love it when it’s warm, I’ve tried every method, buttermilk, from cheese whey, just like you did with vinegar, milk, salt but personally I prefer the heavy cream and lemon juice combination. I also like to make mascarpone, much cheaper making it when a recipe calls for a large amount. The homemade ricotta makes the best cannoli filling, that’s why I usually do a full gallon, because I know I’m going to eat a lot while it warm. Great instructions.

  3. Thank you for sharing this method. You mentioned yogurt… do you have a method for making fresh yogurt at home Laura?

  4. This is cottage cheese (first product from milk acidation), and we have ( in Georgia) the by-product (after cheese, reheated milky liquid) that is true ricotta (we call it "Nadugi" – "up-boiled").

  5. I love Laura but this is not ricotta. Ricotta literally means recooked and usually it’s the whey recooked after making fresh cheese. Go watch pasta grammar for a proper recipe.

  6. I saw another video like this but they call it cottage cheese. I don’t know what’s right, are they the same?

  7. I’m so confused!!! When you google difference between cottage cheese and ricotta it says cottage cheese is made from milk curds, which you just made. You made cottage cheese then blended it to make it creamer.
    Ricotta is made from the whey (drained water) after making cheese like mozzarella.
    In one video, the host made cottage cheese. She then said you take the whey and add more acid to make ricotta. But, the same person made a different video on making ricotta and did the exact same thing as making cottage cheese.
    Now if you look up recipes for either, you get: milk, vinegar or lemon juice, and salt. Heat milk, add acid and salt, cook to temperature, then drain.
    So, does that mean when you make ricotta at home it’s just cottage cheese then blended to make creamy?

  8. I used to make ricotta for a specialty grocery store, we always knew we were about done with it when it started smelling like buttery popcorn – SO good! We did always fresh lemons, but your method makes more sense for quality control.

  9. Why did I think she said something else at 2:23 😅 I was confused for a minute until I heard vinegar realizing it’s acid not the other word 😮‍💨

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