You’ll be surprised at how easy and quick this is! And the best thing is that you don’t need any fresh ingredients, it can be prepared at any time, even during a long passage after weeks of having left the land. Thanks Raffi for the tip : )
Ingredients:
* 3 cups of powdered milk
* 6 cups of water
* 1/2 cup of white vinegar
* whatever you want to add for flavor (salt, black pepper, some parmesan cheese, herbs, chilli powder, etc)
Procedure:
1) Dissolve the milk in the water.
2) Heat it up until it’s near the boiling point.
3) Remove from fire and add the vinegar. Stir occassionally for about five minutes. You’ll see how the water separates from the cheese.
4) Pour it into a sieve, ideally covered with cheese cloth or some kind of clean gause.
5) Mix in the salt and spices (optional).
6) If you did not use cloth just put the cheese from the sieve into a container and cool it in the fridge. You’ll get a kind of really nice ricotta.
7) If you used cloth, remove it from the sieve and turn it so that you can form a kind of bag that is closed on the top. Put it in a clean sink and apply pressure on it (we usually put a big bowl on it and put diving weights in the bowl). After a few minutes the cheese will be compact.
8) You can either bring it to the fridge as it is or you can cover it in cheese wax and let it sit for a couple of weeks for the flavor to be stronger.
9) Enjoy!!