Mexican Fresh Cheese

Name: Mexican Fresh Cheese
Ingredients: 1 gallon best-quality whole or 2% milk; 2 cups best-quality buttermilk (do your best to determine that it contains live cultures); 1/2 cup fresh lime juice OR 1 teaspoon citric acid (aka sour salt, available in the Kosher section of well-stocked grocery stores); 1 teaspoon salt (fine-ground sea salt works best here)

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Quick and easy queso fresco Mexicano.

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Ingredients

1 gallon best-quality whole or 2% milk
2 cups best-quality buttermilk (do your best to determine that it contains live cultures)
1/2 cup fresh lime juice OR 1 teaspoon citric acid (aka sour salt, available in the Kosher section of well-stocked grocery stores)
1 teaspoon salt (fine-ground sea salt works best here)