Homemade Ricotta!

Wow! As easy as a boiled egg! Used 4 litres whole milk and one litre of buttermilk. This gave me about 1.5 lbs of cheese after 20 minutes sitting in the fine meshed sieve.:yum So sweet!

Same with the milk, I had forgotten how good that full milk tasted! Besides I'm lactose intolerant so I have to watch it. This will now go into my lasagna with fresh homemade tomato sauce with onions, mushrooms and beef tomorrow.

It will be glorious!:drool:yum:-D

 

C'mon over Tim, as long as you don't have a 'rap' sheet!(Sneak in otherwise):-D

 

I didn't know, you just permeate that aura of sneakiness.roflmao

 

Anyways, if my cam will work, I'll post a lasagne piece of heaven.

 

Pretty much like Paneer.
I like it with lasagna as well- and a simple but well cooked fresh tomato based sauce. I boil the lasagne. So no cooking required in the oven.
What I add to the Paneer, after it's been finely crumbled by hand, are finely diced and sweated in butter- a little red onions and green bell pepper, just for some bite and texture.

Dish it. Then pop it in the oven, just to heat before eating. Yummm..
Cheers...

 

Yup, they mentioned paneer as an equivalent. I guess I know what paneer tastes like now.:drool I like the extra crunch idea and I happen to have a green bell pepper on hand. We are talking about a basically non heat producing pepper, right?

 

yep, no heat. De-seeded, only the thick skin. Serving for two, I'd use a tablespoon or two, finely diced. Very mild flavour, specially after being sweat in butter.

Cheers..

 

Thanks, cultures and language differ in subtle nuances at times. Heck, I just realized that cows are sacred in India, so substitute whatever you want in there. Oh, I don't use butter, only ghee here!

 

My life for a good steak. :-D
But you actually use ghee instead of butter? Wow! It's a popular cooking medium in India, but not considered a substitute.

Cheers..

 

Ghee doesn't burn like natural butter as it has no milk solids in there so it becomes a great tasting high heat enduring fat.:yum

 

OMFG!:drool That had to be one of the lengthiest recipes I've ever tried! It didn't start out that way though. I just made some bolognese from fresh tomatos, then some fresh ricotta the next day. Then I says to meself, hey this could be a good lasagne

I had to add some bacon and 'Parma', the real stuff and not that Kraft crap that stinks like dirty feet! Oh boy, that was a pleasure to eat. BURP!:drool:yum:-D