{"id":8720,"date":"2014-05-07T11:42:11","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T15:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/?p=8720"},"modified":"2014-05-07T13:34:07","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T17:34:07","slug":"homemade-ricotta-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/homemade-ricotta-cheese\/","title":{"rendered":"Homemade Ricotta Cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s true that traditional ricotta is made from mozzarella&#8217;s whey; it&#8217;s a practice that turns potential waste into delicious reward. But when it comes to homemade ricotta, whey is harder to come by for the&nbsp;rookie cheesemaker. Thankfully, you can also make soft, buttery ricotta using only&nbsp;whole milk, buttermilk, and salt. So what are you waiting for?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>While ricotta is traditionally made from the whey leftover during mozzarella cheesemaking, it is done by adding an acid, such as apple cider vinegar to the hot curds, which is a wonderful, frugal way to maximize your cheese yield, but I have found that the flavor is too strong for my tastes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reformationacres.com\/2012\/12\/whole-milk-ricotta-cheese.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read More on Reformation Acres<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo by Reformation Acres<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This homemade ricotta is so easy to make you&#8217;ll be making a few batches a week<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":8721,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"coauthors":[421],"class_list":["post-8720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cheese-bites"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.4 (Yoast SEO v24.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Homemade Ricotta Cheese - culture: the word on cheese<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Traditional ricotta is made from mozzarella&#039;s whey, turning potential waste into reward. 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