How to Make Ricotta; Zucchini Pancakes Recipe

Making lasagna for Valentine's dinner & was anxious to try my hand at making ricotta.  It turned out great.  Next time I will use whole milk since I had to add half & half to the 2% milk I had.  Resulted in 9 ounces of ricotta & a full pint of whey left.  Thanks for sharing.  Now my friends think I'm a culinary genius, not just someone who spends too much time in the kitchen.

I just recently (somewhat stupidly) said I would cater a friend's wedding in February, I am wondering if you think these would work with corn instead of zucchini as I've been told that there will be several people on a vegan diet attending, and I think corn fritters with a nice salsa or guacamole would be great finger food for vegan or non vegan guests! By the way LOVE the show! So good!

Lately I have been adding zucchini everything I make it is cheep and is a good way to sneak veggies into my families meals. The most surprising and best addition would be to my quiches, it is great on its own or with a little bacon and parm.

The ricotta recipe looks too easy not to try.  How much ricotta does this recipe yield?  I am making lasagna almost completely from scratch including the pasta, and the sauce (great deal on roma tomatoes, 65 cnts per pound).  In addition, I am growing my own basil and oregano for the sauce.  The ricotta would be a great addition to this which would leave the only pre made ingredients of provolone and the mozzarella cheese.

Whey can be used in a lot of things!  An excellent new cookbook called The Lost Art of Real Cooking has a number of suggestions, including substituting the whey for water in pastry crust recipes.

Do you have the recipe written out somewhere on the site? I tried looking on the blog, but I didn't see it. I may have over looked it, but it'd be great to have that written out. Thanks! My aunt and I love the show!!

I made the zucchini pancakes and have a question. I feel like it is a bit dry, is this how they are supposed to taste or is it me? What do you think I can add to the pancakes to add a bit of kick to it? 

This is my first go around with this site and I have to say you guys are awesome and this recipe, although dry, is awesome and I love the ricotta cheese.

I like to make a similar zucchini "fake crab cake".  It has bread crumbs, an egg, a little mustard and lemon juice, and lots of Old Bay Seasoning.

I've done ricotta before using the whey from making lots of mozzarella, and that came out well.  One thing about cheesemaking that everyone should know is that you can't use ultra pasturized milk.  regular pasturized is fine, but the proteins in ultra-pastured have denatured, and it won't form curds.

Raw zucchini sticks with hummus is great! I really like the texture of raw zucchini : firm, but not too crunchy. I ate a lot of those lately because I didn't feel like cooking in the summer heat.

I got into a ricotta making frenzy for a little while and put all kinds of herbs in it. Also good with sundried tomatoes. Especially yummy when stuffed inside zucchini flowers and fried. That batter you made should work well. Great episode! Mahm

oooh this made me think that you could do zucchini pizza?

I just make huge batches of ratatouille and bring it to barbecues. It's so easy and it's nice to have a vegetable.

mmmmm i love zucchini, i usually hollow it out and stuff it with pine nuts, raisins, dill and cheddar and roast it. my grandma taught me.

I never knew making ricotta was that easy! Thanks, I can't wait to try this one out!