Cooking and or baking.

[Bush Ranger]

Saw a show on TV a couple of weeks back and a bird made Ricotta Cheese and made it look easy, but only stated what quantity you needed in cream and milk, so I made some Ricotta Cheese on Thursday for some thing to do. Never made cheese before in my life and don`t know how Ricotta suppose to taste, as I never had it before. It tastes okay of what I made though. A quick look on the internet and I found that a thermometer was needed for the correct temperature of 200 fahrenheit, plus cheese cloth. I had none of these and the pot was on the stove on low heat, so I thought a couple of new Chux will do for straining. I looked again on the net and found another site with a recipe for Ricotta and says bring milk and cream to a simmer. I knew what that is I thought and then turned off the heat, then add lemon or vinegar to help curdle the mix. I used the only lemon I had and remembered that I made a double batch, as I had 600ml of cream and 4 litres of milk, so I combined both lemon and vinegar. Bob`s your uncle, if you have an uncle Bob and the cheese was done, waiting to be strained and cooled. GF made Corn and Ricotta fritters for to nights dinner and I`m sure the cheese tasted better with a bit of age, unless the cooking of it improved the taste.