What to do with 2 gallons whole milk

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@ChristinaM

It uses a lot of milk

You aren’t kidding! I froze four cups from a half gallon, and from what was left, got about a cup of ricotta.

Not sure if I made a mistake because it didn’t set up with the the whey from the yogurt. I ended up adding lemon juice and heating it up again, and the curd seems less something than I’d like. Maybe I strained it too much? Any thoughts about adding back cream?

Care of @Presunto

http://www.everything-goat-milk.com/making-ricotta-cheese.html

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Lunch 2020

I refer to these 2 sites for instructions. And I use a sous vide circulator to make the cheese. If you don’t have one you’ll need a candy thermo. The most important thing is to keep the temp constant. Super easy to make (using a sous vide tool). You can experiment with different types of milk and herbs or flavours. I personally like using organic full fat goat’s milk, and the other one is Jersey cow’s milk. The latter makes the creamiest ricotta as Jersey cow’s milk is high in fat and so fl…