Ingredients to make homemade riccota cheese Recipe:
- 12 cups of milk
- 4 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1.1 / 2 teaspoon salt (optional)
- NOTE: It is generally prepared without salt

How to make homemade riccota cheese:
Step NO 1
Put the milk, lemon juice and salt in a pot if you want the ricotta to be salty.
Step NO 2
Bring to a boil, put over medium heat and uncovered, cook without stirring for 20 minutes.
Step NO 3
It is removed from the heat and strained through a small wire strainer that is gently shaken so that the cheese that forms is slightly squeezed.

Step NO 4
It is left in the strainer until it no longer drains.
Step NO 5
At the end it is lightly squeezed by hand and removed from the strainer.
Step NO 6
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