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Italian Ricotta Cheesemaking Class

Created by Sydney Willcox

Roll up your sleeves and learn how to craft four mouthwatering ricottas right in your own kitchen.

$68.00

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All classes will be held via Zoom and recorded. Please make sure you’re able to access Zoom prior to class time. The actual class link will be sent no later than 24 hours before class starts.

Please note that the product and class will appear separately in your cart. Both items must be in cart in order for the kit to be shipped.

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Your purchase includes

A 90-minute live virtual experience with an expert instructor

An Italian Cheesemaking Kit, mailed to you before the date of your experience

An email sent at least 24 hours before the experience with all the preparation details including experience log-in information

The Experience

You’re savoring a creamy ricotta and thinking: How do Italians make something as simple as cheese so indescribably delicious? You’re about to find out. Join chef Sydney Willcox for this live virtual class where you’ll roll up your sleeves to craft mouthwatering ricotta and learn the ins and outs of formaggio (cheese) like an expert casaro (cheese-maker).

  • You’ll make four varieties of ricotta in class: traditional, sweet (lemon vanilla), savory (garlic herb), and ricotta salata (an aged, dry form that can be harder to find than its softer counterpart).
  • Sydney will begin by walking you through the ingredients, including those in your kit (see Comes with the class, below) and one must-have: homogenized, pasteurized whole (full fat) cow’s milk (not ultra-pasteurized, ultra-high temperature (UHT), reduced fat, or plant-based milk).
  • You’ll learn essential techniques, including how to age and salt ricotta salata to perfection right in your own fridge.
  • Discover pairing suggestions for the different kinds of ricotta and get inspired by the many ways you can enjoy them—on crostini, topping waffles, with roasted veggies—the possibilities are endless.
  • Have some bread or crudités on hand because your ricotta (except for the salata variety) will be ready to enjoy by the end of class. The ricotta salata will age to peak firmness and flavor in two to four weeks.
Class length: 90 minutes.
Comes with the class: Our Italian Cheesemaking Kit has all the ingredients (except whole milk) to make ricotta and four other varieties of cheese (mascarpone, mozzarella, bocconcini, and burrata)—and this class will give you the skills and confidence to try your hand at all of them.

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For this class, you'll need the included Italian Cheesemaking Kit, a large pot with lid (enough for 4 qts milk with extra space), a large slotted or perforated spoon/skimmer, a rubber/wooden spatula, a cutting board and knife, a tall cup, a colander over a similarly-sized bowl, 3 small mixing bowls, a microplane (optional), 2 each of either spoons or forks, measuring cups and spoons, scissors, a large airtight container, a small rack/flat colander/chopsticks/sushi mat, a full canned good or heavy cup, a small measuring cup, in addition to the ingredients listed in the link below.

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Ages

16+

Notes

Before class, please:
- Please make sure you buy homogenized, pasteurized whole cow's milk for this class. Milk labeled "Ultra Pasteurized" or "Ultra High Temperature" will not work.
- Sanitize your tools as detailed here

1-2 people per screen, please. (More than that affects the quality of everyone's experience.)

Ingredients

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Kit Ingredients
Cheese salt, citric acid, calcium chloride, vegetarian rennet tablets.

Item ID

60225

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