Helene's Ricotta from her blog

[cookie1]

I made the ricotta from Helene's blog today. It is so very easy and extremely tasty. I'm using it for a frittata tonight so I hope it tastes nice. Here's the link to the ricotta.

[Cuilidh]

Looks like a few of us have had a look at Helene's recipe.  The images are so clear and helpful.

[judydawn]

Cookie, that looks so inviting and perfect that I went over there to have a look myself.  Couldn't believe it is so easy to make,even though you said so    Will have to pull out some ricotta recipes first then put this on my 'to do' list - but near the top    Thanks for drawing our attention to it.

[cookie1]

I have been very bad. I used about half for the frittata and since then I keep gooing to take a mouthful. Even DD liked it by itself.

[maddy]

I can't believe how simple this was!



lovely & creamy.  Thanks Cookie for posting about it     I'm so glad I can  make it  easily when needed.

[AmandaN]

Gosh Maddy that looks lovely!  Are you making something special with it or tucking in with a spoon? 

[maddy]

Are you making something special with it or tucking in with a spoon? 

as tempting as spoon eating is, I will use it for cottage rolls (in place of the cottage cheese).......so I guess they'll be called "Ricotta Rolls" 

[CreamPuff63]

HELP!!!  I have just tried to make this and it hasn't worked out. Perhaps I should have cooked for the full 16 mins but the light on the 90 degrees became solid so I proceeded to the next step. Shall I just try and re-cook it? Also the by-product is buttermilk?

[achookwoman]

CP,  the by product is NOT buttermilk.  Did you use the Butterfly?  The only batch that didn't work well for me was when I left out the butterfly.

[cookie1]

CP that's no good. Mine usually takes near enough to the 16 minutes to get to the 90. Did you use full cream milk? I tried with hi-lo once and it wasn't very good. Also did you use vinegar or lemon juice?

[CreamPuff63]

I used full cream and the butterfly. The only thing was it took only 10 mins for the 90 degree light to go solid. I used a light thickened cream - perhaps that was it? As much as I would love to try it again, I may wait until I see the milk go on special as it uses 1.5 litres.

[cookie1]

CP I use light thickened cream and I usually only make a half quantity at a time.

[maddy]

That's a shame puffs 
I just set for the 16 minutes regardless, and have only used full fat cream.

[tarasis]

Sorry to hear it didn't work CP, fingers crossed for next time.

Going to give this and the Mascarpone recipe a go, particularly the later for the Lime & Mascarpone cheesecake recipe we have.

[judydawn]

I haven't made this yet but planned to as soon as I struck a recipe I needed it for.  I thought it was such a breeze to make with everyone raving about how easy it was, now I will approach it with some tripidation and hope that I am one from the successful group.