ricotta recipes merged

content/milk-ricotta.md

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-title: "Milk Ricotta" 
-date: 2022-04-16
-tags: ['basic', 'italian','cheesefare']
-author: "SuperDuperDeou" 
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-
-The ricotta is an italian cheese made by cooking the whey (liquid byproduct of the cheese production), by cooking it at an high temperature (80-90°C), hence the name "ricotta", which means "cooked again". Even tho it's typically made from the whey, you can make it directly from the milk as well.
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-## Ingredients
-
-- thermometer
-- 1 cheesecloth 
-- 1 cheese recipient
-- 2l of milk
-- 10g of table salt
-- 6g of citric acid (contained in 130ml of lemon juice) 
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-## Directions
-
-### Preparation
-
-Pour the milk and the salt into a pot, stir it well, and heat it up to 80°C.
-Once the temperature has been reached, add the citric acid (or lemon juice) and stir well. You should already see the citric acid react with the milk.
-Heat it up to 90°C
-Pour the ricotta in the cheesecloth and let the whey drip.
-Move the ricotta into the cheese recipient.
-Store in the fridge.

content/ricotta.md

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 ---
-title: "Milk Ricotta" 
+title: "Ricotta"
 date: 2022-04-16
 tags: ['basic', 'italian','cheesefare']
 author: "SuperDuperDeou"
 ---
 
-The ricotta is an italian cheese made by cooking the whey (liquid byproduct of the cheese production), by cooking it at an high temperature (80-90°C), hence the name "ricotta", which means "cooked again".
+The ricotta is an Italian cheese made by cooking the whey (liquid byproduct of the cheese production), by cooking it at an high temperature (80-90°C), hence the name "ricotta", which means "cooked again". Even though it's typically made from the whey, you can make it directly from the milk as well.
 
 ## Ingredients
 
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 - 1 cheesecloth
 - 1 cheese recipient
 - 2l of whey
-- 500ml of milk
+- 500ml of milk (or if not using whey, 2l of milk)
 - 10g of table salt
 - 6g of citric acid (contained in 130ml of lemon juice)
 
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ The ricotta is an italian cheese made by cooking the whey (liquid byproduct of t
 
 ### Preparation
 
-Pour the milk, the whey and the salt into a pot, stir it well, and heat it up to 80°C.
+Pour the milk (and/or whey) and the salt into a pot, stir it well, and heat it up to 80°C.
-Once the temperature has been reached, add the citric acid (or lemon juice) and stir well. You should already see the citric acid react with the whey and milk.
+Once the temperature has been reached, add the citric acid (or lemon juice) and stir well. You should already see the citric acid react with the milk/whey.
 Heat it up to 90°C
 Pour the ricotta in the cheesecloth and let the whey drip.
 Move the ricotta into the cheese recipient.