Homemade Low-Calorie Ricotta Cheese Recipe

We prepare delicious, tender Ricotta cheese at home ourselves! If you add less fatty cream to the recipe, the Ricotta cheese will not be as high in calories, but this will not affect its taste! Do not throw away the resulting whey. Use it in making bread, buns, buns — just replace the water in the recipe with whey, the dough will be even tastier! Prepare for your health!
cook time: 30 min
Chloe Benton
Homemade Low-Calorie Ricotta Cheese Recipe

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

125
Calories
10g
Fat
4g
Carbs
3g
Protein

Ingredients (6 portions)

Basic:

Salt 0.5 tsp
Lemon juice 3 tbsp
Milk 1 l
Heavy cream (If you want, you can use light cream.) 300 g

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
Letʼs prepare the products. I used heavy cream) If you want to reduce the calorie content of the finished product, take less fatty cream.

Step 2

Step 2
Pour milk and cream into a saucepan. We put it on fire.

Step 3

Step 3
Add salt.

Step 4

Step 4
Mix everything and heat our mixture. Bring to almost a boil, but do not boil. If you have a thermometer, the temperature is 95 degrees. Stir in so that the milk does not burn.

Step 5

Step 5
When the milk mixture reaches the desired temperature, add lemon juice. Mix everything well.

Step 6

Step 6
Cover the saucepan with a lid, turn off the heat and leave until completely cool.

Step 7

Step 7
Then line the sieve with several layers of gauze.

Step 8

Step 8
We pour out our cheese mixture, tuck the edges of the gauze and leave it there for a short time so that the whey comes off.

Step 9

Step 9
As a result, we got 400 grams of wonderful Ricotta cheese! It is very tender, creamy, aromatic. You can eat it on its own or use it in making snacks and desserts. And from the whey you can make pancakes, pancakes, bread, buns. We have a lot of recipes on our website!

Step 10

Step 10
Prepare for your health! Bon appetit!

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