Ricotta is a soft, Italian whey curd cheese with a grainy texture and delicate taste. It is eaten as an independent snack or added to sweets and salted dishes, sauces and toppings are prepared from it, put in salads and pastas.
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Ricotta snacks
Many ricotta dishes are prepared from ricotta, as well as from cottage cheese. This soft cheese can be served for breakfast, seasoned with honey, cane sugar, sweet corn syrup, adding fresh berries or dried fruits, pieces of nuts, grated chocolate and cinnamon. Try Italian sandwiches - crocini with ricotta. Spread cheese on lightly fried slices of white bread, put slices of fresh pear or apple and pour liquid honey. Lovers of savory snacks can mix ricotta with garlic, chopped spicy herbs, season with salt and pepper. Ricotta pasta with dill, salt and lemon zest will be tasty and fresh. It can be eaten not only by spreading bread or crackers, but also with chopsticks from fresh vegetables.
Ricotta contains less fat than other popular Italian cheese - mozzarella. Those who want to cook less high-calorie dishes often replace one cheese with another.
How to add ricotta to hot dishes
Ricotta can be added to many hot dishes. It is ideal for stuffing in cannelloni pastry, stuffed with vegetables such as zucchini or peppers, mixing with other ingredients. Cheese is put in various casseroles, omelets, added to pasta and sprinkled with fried vegetables. Ricotta is a traditional filling for popular Italian dumplings - ravioli and tortellini. From ricotta you can cook many different pies and pies, often this cheese is used to make one of the varieties of cheesecake.
For the filling, a mixture of ricotta with spinach, pepper, salt and spicy herbs is most often used.