Ricotta Recipes
This comprehensive list of versatile ricotta recipes will satisfy every craving, whether you have a sweet tooth or prefer savory.
If you have never tried cooking and baking with ricotta, these ricotta recipes will change that in a heartbeat!
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Did you know that ricotta isn’t technically considered cheese?
Ricotta is made with the byproduct of cheese making—so the liquid that you would otherwise discard when making “real” cheese, like raclette. This is then re-cooked until curds are formed, making what we know as ricotta. Ricotta actually translates to “re-cooked” or “cooked again” in Italian.
Growing up, my grandmother would make cheese, and then ricotta, from scratch from time to time. My mother sometimes bought at the store but it’s usually not actually ricotta, but homemade was a different story. If you use store-bought ricotta, these recipes will still turn out deliciously, but find the best quality you have available, like Di Stefano and Murray’s Cheese.
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Here’s the list of ricotta recipes I hope you’ll love as much as my family does!
Ricotta Recipes
1. Lemon Ricotta Pancakes with Raspberry Syrup (Lemon Soufflé Pancakes)
3. Tomato, Ricotta and Basil Antipasto
4. Pumpkin Ravioli with Brown Butter Sauce
5. Stuffed Shells Recipe (Italian Style with Ricotta and Spinach)
8. Corsican Ricotta Cheesecake (Fiadone)
9. Ricotta Gnudi al Sugo (Ricotta Dumplings in Fresh Tomato Sauce)
10. Ricotta Gnudi with Chanterelles
11. Manicotti (Three Cheese, No-Boil Pasta Recipe)
12. Gluten-Free Lasagna with Swiss Chard
14. Corsican Cheese Lasagna (A Lazy Cannelloni au Brocciu Recipe)
15. Spinach and Ricotta Rolls with Phyllo
16. Ricotta Doughnuts (Frittelle di Ricotta, Uvetta e Cioccolato)
17. Mini Sicilian Cannoli Shells With Ricotta Filling
18. Lemon Ricotta Cookies (Biscotti alla Ricotta Morbidi)
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Which is your first choice in the ricotta recipes that you’d like to try first? Sweet or savory? Let me know in the comments below!
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