If you've made a tray of lasagna or put a tiramisu, you can find yourself with a half tub of ricotta left and no idea when using it. Whatever you do, don't throw it away. Milky ricotta is a neutral enough to taste it can go to the sweetheart or reasonable, making choices at the end of a tub. Here are some ideas to get you started.
Add it to Pasta or Pizza
There is a common phrase in pairing cheese to go, “the joint together is equal.” In this case, Ricotta is an Italian cheese who lends italian dishes more than lasagna, like pizza or other Funny shells or ravioli. Just add a couple of dollops to a pie, or swipe it in any creamy pasta sauce. It improves their richness that does not add a lot of salt, which can be dangerous to hard cheeses such as Parmiggian Reggian or Pecorino Roman. (Or better, use a combination of ricotta and hard cheese for more layered flavors).
Participate with pancakes
Add ricotta to Pancake Batter should be mandatory (I want This recipe from the nyt cooking). The cheese adds so much moisture without weighing down the pancakes – on the contrary, Ricotta can yield the world's fluffiest pancakes. If you want to bring the taste in Ricotta, add lemon or blueberries. Somewhere in the breakfast universe, a tablespoon of ricotta is always a good acceptance of crepe or french toast batter.
This whip it in a dip
For an impressive, no effort to dip, just add Ricotta to a food processor with any seasoning to tell you. Lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, and salt and pepper pair well with crudités and crackers, but also can view Ricotta with graham crackers and serve with Graham crackers. For a greater amount of it, pair ricotta with pumpkin (and use gourd hollow as bowl). Ricotta also makes a good basis for a Perime Cheese BallIf you want something more lightweight and soften than mayonnaise.
Spread on a sandwich, wrap, or toast
Ricotta Toast A chokehold of the Los Angeles breakfast scene For some time, and this is not mystery why. It's never easy to repliclict home: Spread some ricotta with a crusty slice of bread and add your favorite toppings. I love figs, a swing of honey, and flaky salt but also makes a tasty toast with tomatoes, basil, olive oil, and balsamic vinegar. A smear of jam is also effective. You can think of Ricotta as an alternative to cream cheese and put it in a bagel as well. However better, spread it into a wrap or sandwich; Turkey's tender cheese is good in Turkey, ham, and fried eggs.
It's just straight
See, if you enjoy Cottage Cheese Or the hardest yogurt, ricotta food on spoon is not a big jump. I like to add berries, honey, and vanilla bean, but if you want to eat it simple? No judgment.
Dina Ávila a photographer living in Portland, Oregon.