milk.
pour the milk into a medium saucepan and set it over low heat. you want to bring the temperature of the milk up very gradually. once you see little bubbles start to appear around the edge of the pan, you’re ready for step 2.
pour the lemon juice into the milk, stir once just to make sure it’s distributed, remove the pan from the heat, and leave it alone for 15 minutes. almost immediately you will see curds start to form. this will look somewhat gross. that’s okay – it’s what’s supposed to happen.
set a fine-mesh sieve over a large bowl and gently pour the contents of the saucepan into the 