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Making Whole Milk Ricotta (Lemon Cheese)

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This wonderful cheese requires no special equipment and is very easy to make in a couple hours.

I saw this cheese being made in the kitchen at The Wade House, in Greenbush, Wisconsin, and was given the recipe.  It is made entirely with three ingredients: Milk, Lemon Juice, and Salt.  If you're nearby I highly recommend making a visit to Wade House property which includes an operating Muley-Style sawmill (one of only a few remaining in the country) which is powered by water from the millpond, a blacksmith shop, the Historic Wade House, and the Jung Carriage collection.
Muley Saw Mill in Wisconsin
Saw Mill on the Mullet River in Greenbush Wisconsin
Muley Saw Mill
"Muley Style" saw mill in operation. Powered by water from the adjacent mill pond.
Now then, on with the cheese!!

STEP ONE:  Sanitize everything that will come into contact with the milk, cheese, or any ingredients.  This means all utensils, pots, dishes, measuring spoons, cups, cheese cloth, thermometer, counter-tops, and your hands.  I used star-san.
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STEP TWO:  Warm up one gallon of whole milk to 185 degrees Fahrenheit.  Warm it slowly and be careful not to go over 185deg.  Dp not use ultra-pasteurized milk.  Pasteurized milk will work, but when making cheese, do not use ultra-pasteurized.

STEP THREE: While the milk is warming, squeeze 1/2 cup of lemon juice and have it ready
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STEP FOUR: When the Milk reaches 185deg, pull it off the heat and mix in the 1/2 cup of lemon juice.  I pour the juice over a big stainless steel perforated ladle to distribute it into the milk.  Then stir the lemon juice thoroughly into the milk.  Many cheese recipes use Rennet to coagulate the milk, some use vinegar, and this simple recipe uses lemon juice.  The lemon juice causes the milk to separate into solid CURDS, and liquid WHEY.  Leave the milk off of heat and let it sit at room temperature for an hour or so, till it cools down.
Making Lemon Cheese Ricotta
Adding lemon juice to milk
STEP FIVE: Now you will separate the curds from the whey.  For this small batch, and with the curds and whey cooled down to room temp, I had someone hold a nylon mesh bag and I poured the entire contents of the pot, curds and whey, into the mesh bag.  The bag catches the curds and the whey drains out.  I drain it out into a bucket and then discard the whey.  Suspend the bag over a bowl and let the whey continue to drain out for 2 hours.
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Ricotta (Lemon Cheese) draining
STEP SIX: After two hours of draining, empty the curds into a large bowl and stir in some salt (cheese salt, non-iodized salt) with your clean sterilized hands.  Salt to taste.   ENJOY!
Homemade Ricotta Lemon Cheese
Homemade Whole Milk Ricotta (Lemon Cheese)
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  • Home
  • The Shipyard
    • Building SCAMP "ARGO"
    • Compac 16 Pilothouse
    • Building a Kaholo SUP
    • Making a SUP Paddle
    • Ships' Provisions
    • True Seafaring Tales: Book Reviews
    • Nautical Fiction: Book Reviews
    • Seafaring and Boat Building Reference Books
  • The Woods of Arcady
    • Wisconsin Mushroom Hunting
    • Wisconsin Wildflower Photo Gallery
    • Making Apple Cider
    • Making Maple Syrup
    • Building a Stone Arch
    • Making Traditional Wooden Skis
  • The Homestead
    • The Warp and Weft >
      • Making a Large Tapestry Loom
      • Making a Small Hand Loom
      • Weaving Projects for Small Hand Loom
      • Beautiful Handmade Tapestry Beaters
    • The Merry Blacksmith
    • Making Cheese
    • Wooden Cheese Boxes
    • How to Make Pickled Pike
    • Wisconsin Bluegill Fry
    • Making Wooden Spoons by Hand
    • Handmade Wooden Dustpans
    • Making Broom-Corn Brooms
    • Making Horsehair Brushes and Brooms
  • The Muse
    • Poetry
    • Building a Martin Style Backpacker Guitar
    • Making an Alphorn
    • 3D Printed Alphorn
    • Making an Alphorn Bag
    • Alphorn Gallery
    • Viking Lur
    • Antique Typewriters >
      • Underwood Standard Portable 3 Bank Typewriter
      • Corona 3 Folder Typewriter Refurbishment
      • Typewriter Platen Replacement
      • Design of Rubber Parts for Antique Typewriters
  • The Model Maker
    • Making a booknook
    • Krick Alexandra Steam Launch >
      • Assembling Miniature Steam Model Clyde Oscillating Steam Engine
    • Ship Model FD 10 Arnanes Fishing Smack Johanna
    • Artesania Latina, Cargo Ship "Capri"
    • Building a Ship in a Bottle
    • Model of a Disney Water Taxi
    • BlueJacket Optimist Sailboat Model
    • Oseberg Viking Ship Model
    • Paddle to the Sea Model
    • Making a Cuckoo Clock
    • 3D Print Workshop >
      • 3D Printed Object Gallery
  • Tales of Adventure
    • Sailing from Door County to the UP Michigan
    • Sailing Northern Door County
    • Sailing Lake Superior Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
    • Sailing Lake Huron: St.Ignace, Mackinac Island, Les Cheneaux Islands, St Martin Islands
    • From Manitowoc to Algoma and back on a small boat, 2017
    • Sailing around Chambers Island Door County Wisconsin