Don’t waste it - just make some cheese

You’ve likely heard the sayings “turn lemons into lemonade” and “don’t cry over spilled milk”. But what do you do with too much milk or sour milk? There certainly should be a saying about that. 

If you accidentally over-purchase milk or your raw milk sours faster than you can drink it, please don’t dump that wonderful liquid down the drain. The ladies on the farm worked so hard to produce it.

I have a solution for you - “Ricotta get going!” Turn your extra milk into ricotta cheese!

Ricotta cheese is a soft semi-sweet cheese. There are many delicious possibilities. You can eat it with a spoon like yogurt, make a sweet or savory dip, use it as a filling for lasagna or to make a cheesecake or cannolis. 

Ricotta is really easy to make. In fact, traditional cultures have been making it for 4,000 years! It’s traditionally made using whey, but you can also make it with whole milk or soured raw milk.

Ricotta literally means “recooked”. That’s because you heat fermented milk to make it. The heating process (with a little acid to help) turns the protein into curd. Then, you strain it for a few minutes. 

Want to give it a try? It’s a great activity to do as a cheap date or as a fun and meaningful educational activity with your kids. Check out this recipe:

Ricotta Cheese Recipe

Miller’s Bio Farm is a zero waste facility. 

We make most things to order. Extra milk is made into cheese, butter, and ghee. And, any food that is too old to sell is fed to the animals or composted or put into the manure pit to eventually fertilize the fields. Nothing gets thrown in the trash!

Please join us in reducing food waste at home! Ricotta get going!